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TIL that our eyes will usually dilate when we see shocking, threatening images, unless if you're a psychopath

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VP1Q TIL a person from Niger is called a Nigerien, but a person from Nigeria is called a Nigerian.
P1W5n TIL for the most part, English witches were hanged while French ones were burned. This posed a riddle for the Channel island of Guernsey when three witches turned up there in 1617. Ultimately, they were hanged according to British law, then burned according to French 🤯
KYXM4 TIL illegally dumped hydrocarbons caused a Friday February 13, 1981 series of explosions which destroyed more than 13 miles (21 km) of sewer lines and streets in the center of Louisville, Kentucky.
Lpd9 TIL that a volcano trapped some salt water sardines, sharks and sea snakes in a lake. Over centuries the animals adapted and evolved to form new species, the world’s only fresh water sardines, sharks and sea snakes.
GYDvE TIL that McDonalds sued Irish fast food chain Supermac for trade mark infringement but failed and ended up losing their Big Mac trade mark as well because they were unable to prove that they had used the Big Mac trade mark in the EU.