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TIL what the R word stands for, had assumed it was Republican

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Z8anQ TIL in the original Super Mario Bros. the inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom were turned into the bricks and blocks that you find throughout the levels. When Mario breaks the blocks he's effectively destroying the innocent civilians and taking the coins from the remains.
b6ZN0 Today I learned Winston Churchill topped the list of greatest Britons ever lived ahead of Issac Newton, Shakespeare, Darwin and Princess Diana.
eprgk TIL about HeroRATS, southern giant pouched rats that are trained to detect and indicate landmine locations. They are trained by non-profit APOPO. They also have rats who are trained to detect tuberculosis.
Z1mY TIL China practices “Panda Diplomacy” wherein the government gifts Pandas to other countries to improve their relations, a practice dating back to the 600s
VMmZG Today I learned that humans have 3 cones that mix and blend to make all the colors that we can see. It turns out there is a special type of shrimp that has 16 cones. This means there are millions if not billions of colors that we can't even imagine let alone see.