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TIL : Women distinguish colors better and Men excel at tracking fast moving objects

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OG6vL TIL JT LeRoy wrote two novels on his tragic childhood, dubbing him a genius of his generation, sparking a race for their film rights. He was friends with celebs like Madonna & Winona Ryder, talking to them for hours over the phone. It turns out JT Leroy didn’t exist and was in fact entirely made up.
Z8RMG TIL the United States is the country with the largest difference between hottest and coldest temperature ever recorded, at a whopping 214°F (119°C)
OG9NX TIL of “Lonesome Gal,” who played a wildly popular virtual girlfriend over the radio in the 1950’s
Wkd9 TIL that the term sniper originated in the 1770s and was dubbed to hunters that were skilled enough to kill the elusive snipe, a small shorebird
4Xaa6 TIL that the Puritans got their name from their desire to have a completely Biblical "pure" church in England after the reformation.