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TIL people who have their lens surgicallly removed are able to see UV light

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AN75d TIL Australia is wider than the moon
nWJod TIL Malignant Hyperthermia is a deadly reaction ( temp as high as 109 f ) to general anesthesia. It's inherited and runs in families. It's the reason anesthesiologists always ask you if anyone in the family had a fatal reaction to anesthesia.
vPdAR TIL that the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars (1792 - 1815) cost Britain a combined estimate of £1,650,000,000 to finance. Which adjusted for inflation, would come to approximately £43,302,064,102.
yP58 TIL that the Emancipation Proclamation applied only to slaves in Confederate states. Union-friendly border states and southern regions under Union control continued to practice slavery.
MeloK TIL chihuahuas used to be bred to be used as sacrifices