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TIL a Giant Pacific octopus named Billye learnt to open childproof pill bottles. She could execute the push-and-turn trick - without any instruction - in an average time of five minutes.

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Yg8B TIL that the RGB color gamut used in electronics can not display all possible colors. Even if yellow is added, the device can still only display 87% of all colors that humans are able to perceive.
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