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

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wLNb6 TIL using “traditional” swear words increases pain tolerance by 33%
Y7V6A TIL when bowler Peter Weber famously exclaimed "Who do you think you are I am?" after he won the 2012 US Open on ESPN, what he meant to say was "Who do you think you are rooting against me? I am the man in this tournament!" He directed it at a young heckler who would jeer him during his approach
4XDjb TIL Queen Elizabeth II owns all the swans in open waters in the United Kingdom and is the first monarch to attend Swan Upping ceremony.
W7xK9 TIL That the mallard duck has a retinal visual field giving 360 degrees visual coverage
wodLY TIL of Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin, who in 1718 fought a duel with another woman over a Duke they were both in love with.