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lor4K TIL that the 2015 Internet phenomenon "The Dress" revealed differences in human colour perception, which have been the subject of ongoing scientific investigations into neuroscience and vision science
OokpY TIL that 'normalcy' was purely a mathematical term describing 'the condition of being at right angles' before US President Warren G Harding incorrectly used it in his 1920 campaign slogan 'Return to Normalcy'. Since then it has become a substitute for 'normality', mainly used in the United States.
9g07 TIL Thor’s chariot was pulled by two goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr that Thor could eat and then resurrect the following day with his hammer if no bones were broken
mJJO TIL the testicles of a male kangaroo hang above its penis. Females have three vaginas.
nWyyB TIL about the "Pretzel Belt" where 80% of pretzels in the US come from.