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TIL people wear pants because of horses. Mounted armies wearing pants were more effective than those wearing robes

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YpKMd TIL that Band-aids when opened in dark create a blue light glow due to a phenomena called Triboluminescence
l7YXK TIL that not only does melanin determine skin pigmentation, but it also affects predisposition to Parkinson's Disease and other CNS pathologies, depending on its level of occurrence in the brain as neuromelanin (NM).
dbZ7 TIL that China employs mobile “death vans” to carry out its executions, of these 65% result in harvested organs.
yQlae TIL that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were friends, turned bitter rivals, then friends again. Both died on the same day 5 hours apart.
XE6l8 TIL in Hindu Mythology there is a sun god named 'Surya' who rides a chariot driven by 7 horses depicting 7 colours of the visible light. There's a quote in 'Rigveda' (an ancient Hindu text) that day and night are caused by the Sun because of rotation.