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TIL Some women - and ONLY women - are born with four color receptor cells in their eyes and can see 100 million colors. Men can NEVER have that ability. A typical human has three color receptors and can see only one million colors.

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5Vw9B TIL that Humanity eats 70 Billion Chickens each year
QJmRd TIL Richie Havens created the song "Freedom" spontaneously at the Woodstock festival as he had nothing else to play, but needed to continue performing as the other acts were delayed. It became his most famous song. He then had to watch the Woodstock movie to learn how to play it.
wLMQE TIL Clancy Brown, the voice of Mr. Krabs, was also The Kurgan in Highlander (1986).
4Al6 TIL: In a 2006 investigation, roughly 250 members of the US Defense Department were found to have purchased child pornography. The Pentagon refused to investigate.
a88Gy TIL a group of Bronx teenagers contributed more to the US bird census than anyone had before, spotting 400 species, many seen when they drove around garbage dumps in an old car.