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TIL That starving male humans can sense the Earths geomagnetic field when under blue light and with a previous food association. The mechanism is unknown but thought to be entangled radical pairs in the eye.

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Z8oAR TIL that the first ever phone to run in an Android system is the HTC Dream also known as HTC G1 or T-Mobile G1, as it was set to revolutionize the smartphone market. Aside from running in an Android system, it had 3G support and 3.2 inch screen smartphone and it was released in 2008
7rE0P TIL Spy in The Wild, A PBS Miniseries, Uses an Animatronic Spy Cam To Get Close Up Shots Of Animals
BrBPW TIL following Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal-related resignation, Lieutenant Governor David Paterson was named Governor of New York, and became the 1st African American & the 2nd legally blind person to do so.
N70xJ TIL illegal income (bribes, etc) are considered taxable income. Authorities can use this to go after people with diplomatic immunity since they are not immune from paying taxes.
oR9W8 TIL of the Iffland-Ring, which is given to the “most significant and most worthy actor of the German-speaking theatre”. It is only passed along when the current holder dies, and the successor must be included in the current holder’s will.