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TIL that Elizabeth Johnson, one of the women accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials, was only officially exonorated in 2022

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16AO4 TIL the battle of D-Day that helped end WWII started with the wounded left to drown in the rising tide. If the men got to the beach at all, they were soaked, half-drowned, and seriously weakened from seasickness. They were often without an officer, a functioning radio, or even a working weapon.
xYBw TIL: If you’re a man and pee on a pregnancy test and it’s positive, you probably have cancer.
wLdBM TIL scientists have found a woman who sees 99 million more colors than others. That woman is a tetrachromat which means she has 4 coloured cones in here eyes instead of 3 like the others.
plZ8 TIL of the Voynich manuscript, a 246 page book that is filled with botanical illustrations along with written word that modern linguists have so far been incapable of deciphering. Attempts to identify the plants have likewise largely failed. Carbon dating places the book at around 1400 AD.
8YZa TIL The guy that punched Snooki had to join the army after losing his job