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TIL that the moon is egg shaped. It appears to be a perfect circle because the gravitational force of the earth almost permanently has the tip of the moon pointed at it.

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vrDK TIL Reindeer (aka Caribou) see light in the ultraviolet range, and that their eyes change in colour through the seasons from gold through to blue to help them better detect predators
EJyP TIL scientists once recruited theater students to stumble drunkenly into 153 Norwegian bars and ask for another drink. They found that bartenders were much more likely to over-serve drunk women than men.
YRKr TIL that, before he died, Ötzi the Iceman leaned a bow stave against a rock, where it was found still upright 5,000+ years later
LLWP TIL that women often get hiccups when they are having a stroke
PaYe TIL: There is a gang of women in India that go around beating up abusive husbands and fighting to stop child marriages.