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TIL that flying squirrels glow pink under UV light

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9w767 TIL the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens were the first international Olympic Games held in modern history.
QN0Yp TIL that the man behind the 2013 “Fedora Guy” meme is actually an actor named Jerry Messing, who starred as Gordon in the 1999 TV series “Freaks and Geeks”.
N7VRP TIL Researchers have devised a microneedle skin patch that can turn energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat locally to burn off pockets of unwanted fat such as “love handles” and treat metabolic disorders, such as obesity and diabetes.
gMLNy TIL the word 'nice' originally meant 'foolish' or 'stupid' as it came from the Latin 'nescire', meaning 'to be ignorant'
p8Wxe TIL the US manufactured enough Purple Heart medals in preparation for a possible invasion of Japan in 1945, that they still awarded ones manufactured back then during the recent Iraq and Afghanistan wars