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TIL Scientists have created a liquid, bulletproof armor that hardens upon contact

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1aGwP TIL there are Penguins that live in rainforests
vA7K TIL the often-quoted idiom “seeing is believing” leaves out half of the original sentence. The full quote from 17th century English clergyman, Thomas Fuller, is “Seeing is believing, but feeling is the truth.”
Aa7w TIL Some Catholics urged Pope Clement VII to ban coffee, calling it “devil’s beverage”. After tasting the beverage, the Pope is said to have remarked that the drink was “… so delicious that it would be a sin to let only misbelievers drink it”.
kOWoB TIL NASCAR fans were upset when Movoto, a real estate brokerage firm in San Mateo, Calif, used a rating system to list the top 10 most "redneck" cities in America
oRZB8 TIL there are 4 species of giraffe and within the species, giraffes can also have a genetic condition called leucism which is a partial loss of pigmentation making them appear white with spots