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TIL That the Beretta, a firearms manufacturer, was founded almost 500 years ago. It’s still family owned.

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oRyW TIL that 1 out of 100 Germans is genetically immune to the HIV virus.
7wGx TIL that Batman: The Animated Series contains a not-so-subtle jab at Joel Schumacher, the director of the infamously cheesy and homo-erotic film “Batman & Robin”.
Mev5W TIL that rainbows have cousins. Fogbows appear when water droplets suspended in the air are so small that the diffraction of light is negligible, hence appearing white. It also causes the arc to be steeper. They’re sometimes known as ghost rainbows or white rainbows.
e0XYk TIL of drockling, the sleepy state of repeatedly falling asleep and waking up in the morning while hitting the snooze button. Drockling can make you feel more drowsy in the morning despite getting more sleep.
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