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r1Wy TIL colourblind persons can be advantages to the military as it is easier for them to spot “camouflage” colours because the differences in texture and brightness are more apparent.
yQExp TIL in 2006 an Australian man named Ricky Megee became stranded in the outback and survived 71 days on a diet of leeches, frogs, insects, snakes, ants, lizards and edible plants.
Z8XRa TIL that in the 1700s, pineapples were expensive, so rich American colonists would rent a pineapple and carry it around parties to show off their wealth.
8ePpG TIL that singer Dean Martin didn’t speak English until he started school at the age of five, as his first language was Italian. Because of his broken English, he was bullied in elementary school.
BNNK TIL that Bill Gates wrote a letter to Steve Jobs as he was dying, who kept it beside his bed