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TIL The United States is closer to the Netherlands than Brazil

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R5w8 TIL blood appears green if you’re deep enough underwater
7Wx TIL: Teodore Roosevelt Jr, Teddy Roosevelt’s kid, was governor of Puerto Rico then the Philipines before WWII, then as a brigadier general landed with the first wave of troops during the invasion of Normandy beach.
9KZr TIL of a Japanese air ace who was shot in the face during a dogfight. Blind in one eye and part paralysed, “he flew upside down to prevent blood from blinding his other eye”, flew 5 hours back to base, made his report and then had surgery without anasthesia.
0wmkL TIL When an unpredictable event like Covid-19 happens people hoard toilet paper because "because toilet paper has a longer shelf-life than many food items, is prominently featured in aisles and is big in size, we are psychologically drawn to purchasing it in times of crisis."
x6XZ0 TIL the sack of Constantinople in 1453 and subsequent closure of the Silk Road by the Ottoman Empire was a main motivator of Europe to seek a western route to Asia