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TIL Electron microscopes produce only black and white images. Colour doesn’t exist at that scale, because the things it images are smaller than the wavelength of visible light but false colour as often used

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J0j8 TIL in 1621 the Dutch hired Japanese mercenaries to murder 40 inhabitants of Bandaneira Island, a lucrative source of nutmeg. Of the 12,000-15,000 residents all but 1,000 were killed or forced to leave the island as the Dutch created a nutmeg monopoly.
4XllX TIL that the Clash song Garageland was inspired by a critic's comment that "The Clash are the sort of garage band that should be speedily returned to the garage, preferably with the motor still running".
kdPe TIL that there exists a museum in Massachusetts which is dedicated to exhibiting shitty art “too bad to be ignored”
JYdQv TIL of Sophie Scholl, a political activist who was executed for high treason after handing out anti-war leaflets in Nazi Germany
16kJd TIL Bruce Timm, creator and producer of Batman: The Animated series and many other DC comic animation projects, released two artbooks full of erotic drawings titled "Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm" and "The Big Tease: A Naughty and Nice Collection"