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TIL Whales are colorblind and see the world only in black and white

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8K58 TIL There are DVDs made of stone that last 1000 years and can be read by most standard players.
l7YXK TIL that not only does melanin determine skin pigmentation, but it also affects predisposition to Parkinson's Disease and other CNS pathologies, depending on its level of occurrence in the brain as neuromelanin (NM).
6EPXW TIL fiber-optic internet cables on the sea floor has to be wrapped in kevlar to protect them from shark bites
GAx7E TIL the game Ōkami was named the "least commercially successful winner of a game of the year award" in the 2010 version of the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition
0dbap TIL when Japanese-American Norm Mineta was interned as a child, US authorities confiscated his baseball bat. Later elected to Congress, someone gifted him a $1500 Hank Aaron bat-- which he had to return, since it violated House rules on gifts. Said Mineta: "The damn government's taken my bat again."