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TIL that the color magenta does not have a wavelength. It’s the product of combining red and blue light, which are on the opposite ends of the visible light spectrum, so our brains fill in the gap with what they think the color should be.

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kOLPg TIL during WWII the Royal Marines used a body with fake orders to trick the Axis Powers into believing the Allies were invading Greece
p7gO TIL that, as of June 1 2012, The List of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition Monsters is the longest Wikipedia article ever.
44J5 TIL the fastest matter ever detected was the Oh-My-God particle, detected over Utah in 1991. It was going so fast that it had as much energy as a baseball travelling 60 MPH and is 50 times more energy than produced in the LHC
VOGZ TIL that an artist designed a euthanasia roller coaster to take people’s lives “with elegance and euphoria”.
YpQgA TIL that in the US it is illegal for one company to acquire another for the purposes of absorbing or eliminating the competition.