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TIL people with orange hair are called "redheads" because in many languages the first colors to be named are black, white, and red. Thus the word "orange" didn't exist in the English language until the fruit arrived in England around 480 years ago. The orange hair gene has existed for 70,000 years.

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VMr74 TIL 20 people were killed at an Italian ski resort in 1998 when a US Marine Corps aircraft, flying over 1,600 feet below minimum height standards, cut the cable supporting their gondola. The pilot was acquitted of manslaughter, and the United States reimbursed 75% of Italy's victim compensation fund
xnag TIL the only mosquito-free place outside of Antarctica is Iceland. Researchers are not positive why Iceland has escaped their wrath, but have a few theories about it.
yQBJp TIL that the reason many old people seem to be able to easily speak their mind and not care what people think about them is because the area of the brain that is responsible for impulse control, the prefrontal cortex, is most susceptible to age-based deterioration.
xVmkD TIL the Canadian Down Syndrome Society advocacy group petitioned to have people with Down syndrome added to endangered species list.
OBle TIL there is a 12,000 year old structure, 7,000 years older than mesopotamia, being excavated in Turkey.