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TIL Pink isn’t a colour… It’s invented by our brains

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xVolw TIL the world's oldest living clam, "Ming the clam", was accidentally killed when scientists tried to figure out how old it was. Upon inspection they found it was 507 years old, 100 years older than previously speculated.
vP8r4 TIL the 7" mantis shrimp can punch with 160lbs of force. They are capable of breaking human fingers with a single hit, and can punch their way out of a glass aquarium.
YpwAZ TIL in 1966, model Nell Theobald garnered fame after she was attacked by a lion during a BMW photo shoot at the International Automobile Show. She used the money she received in the lawsuit settlement to intensify her obsessive stalking of opera singer Birgit Nilsson, following her around the globe.
K7d6 TIL A packet of cigarettes in Australia will cost $40 by 2020
Brxwx TIL that the Pasta Napoletana at the Cheesecake Factory contains over 2,300 calories. It would take 3 hrs of non stop running at 8 mph to burn it off.