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TIL there is a disagreement about what color people say tennis balls are, with 52% saying green, 42% saying yellow and 6% saying "other"

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ZNrR TIL the myth that carrots improve your vision began with UK WWII propaganda. The British air force had developed new radar technology that helped them repel German bombers, but they attributed their pilots’ success to a carrot-rich diet in order to keep the technology a secret.
d8Nd8 TIL the world's longest road tunnel is in Norway. The entire trip takes about 20 minutes, and there are no emergency exits.
DQdVr TIL about a star called BPM 37093, also known as the "Crystal Star". Located 50 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, it's essentially a giant diamond of 10 billion trillion trillion carats
9YVop TIL that the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in caves in the Judaean Desert from 1945-1956 in 11 caves contain 981 different manuscripts having great historical & religious significance as they include the 2nd oldest manuscripts included in the Hebrew Bible along with extra-biblical manuscripts.
BgJbx TIL Acadia (AD-42) was a Yellowstone class destroyer in the the United States Navy. She was the first ship to have a wartime mixed-sex crew and was nicknamed "The Love Boat" in the Persian Gulf War after 10% of its crew became pregnant during deployment.