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Short answer: It’s an optical illusion

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GY787 TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart, a vetern of four wars. He survived seperate instances of being shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a POW camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them.
eEE4 TIL that even though apes have learned to communicate with humans using sign language, none have ever asked a human a question.
R7ro6 TIL: If the human eye could view all wavelengths of radiation, Betelgeuse would be the brightest star in the night sky
nY4P TIL that the reward of 72 virgins may be a mistranslation. The reward for martyrdom may actually be raisins.
WKZ9 TIL the Louvre was originally built as a fortress in 1190 to protect Paris from the Vikings