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TIL that people with normal color vision might actually be seeing the same colors differently

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wLGjE TIL that Plan B isn’t as likely to work if you weigh over 175lbs and I feel like all women should know about this.
m1nkp TIL Since their invention, cars have killed an estimated 60–80 million people, injured at least 2 billion
M7VkV TIL While on the Moon, astronauts did not have any data to tell how long the small water tank used for cooling in their backpacks would last. After returning to and repressurizing the Lunar Module, they could drain and measure remaining water in the backpacks to confirm the predicted
JMnQ TIL that in 1990, the US gov’t authorized sending coca eating caterpillars to Peru to fight the drug problem. Their poop is nearly 100% cocaine.
oRYv8 TIL Forensic entomology is a field of forensic science that uses insects found on corpses to help solve criminal cases.