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TIL polarized glasses can make water appear more transparent and are commonly used by fishermen

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DQdvJ TIL that in Australia, there are no bumblebees.
PYMQn TIL we have three types of tears - basal, reflex and psychic. Psychic tears, the ones we produce when we are sad, have a different chemical make up than the other two and contain a natural painkiller, leucine enkephalin, which is perhaps why we feel better after we cry.
gMQQ9 TIL the 1958 horror movie "The Blob" had a bizarrely ridiculous but awesome theme song.
oWPK TIL Citizens of the UK must pay a yearly license fee to own TV sets receiving live TV broadcasts at £145.50 for color and £49.00 for black and white.
QNvME TIL that the famous mime artist Marcel Marceau first used mime to help Jewish children quietly escape from occupied France in the World War II.