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TIl Politicians in the US gov spend $50,000 (each) of taxpayer’s money on self portrait oil paintings.

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kOAXE TIL of "sea gypsies" who roam the sea most of their lives. Moken children have been demonstrated to be able to see better underwater while members of another group have a number of genetic adaptations for a lifestyle involving extensive freediving.
aDPo TIL In the song “99 Problems” the “Bitch” refers to the late arrival of a police sniffer dog, not a woman
Z81Qa TIL Following the first successful powered flight in 1903, the Wright Brothers took their invention to a cautious War Department, who were skeptical due to past false claims. Incensed that their good word was not accepted, and worried about weak patent laws, the Wrights hid their invention away.
0woJj TIL that brown is exactly the same as orange, and we differentiate both by the things surrounding them.
loD6A TIL that because the UK Royal Navy's Astute class nuclear powered submarines can purify their own air and water and run on nuclear fuel, that the endurance is only limited to 90 days due to breakfast storage capacity for 18,000 sausages and 4200 Weetabix