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TIL 1 in 12 men are colorblind

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l7NnN TIL that highest ever bird strike was recorded at the height of 37,000ft (11,470m)
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rQge TIL that if Alaska were superimposed over the 48 contiguous states, it would stretch from the west coast to the east coast.