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TIL There is a naturally pink lake in Australia

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b6xN0 TIL Vivaldi wrote an opera, Arsilda, regina di Ponto (RV 700), but the state censor blocked the performance. The main character, Arsilda, falls in love with another woman, Lisea, who is pretending to be a man. Vivaldi got the censor to accept the opera the following year
GAVB5 TIL Human were naturally lactose-intolerant. Tolerant people emerged in Europe starting several thousand years ago while people of Africa, Middle East, and Asian remained intolerant.
OGDVL TIL Ninjas did not wear black on missions, because they would not blend in with the enviroment.
NXZle TIL HBO cancelled Game of Thrones spin-off Bloodmoon in 2019 after spending $30 million on its pilot. HBO's content chief explained that it was a hard project because George RR Martin had only written about 8 lines of text for the era the show was set in, so a lot more invention was required.
mx5KR TIL that Cougars are the biggest cat that can purr and meow.