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TIL Blind people don’t see black, they literally see nothing

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7rQLb TIL anteaters are incapable of producing their own digestive acids. They instead use formic acid found in the stinging venom of the ants they eat, which essentially means the ants are dissolved in their own acid.
v1A9j TIL about the "Town Bully" that was killed in front of 40 people with no witnesses.
dLeK TIL of Patrick Combs, a man who cashed an obviously fake joke check for $95,000. The bank didn’t notice and gave him the money.
9Ymr7 TIL of Ramsar, Iran the most naturally radioactive place on earth. Current studies show a possible radioadaptive effect that allows the residents to live with over 10x the safe levels of radiation exposure.
8L48 TIL shooting point blank mean shooting in a range where you don’t have to account for gravity