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TIL That Hawaiian pizza is Canadian

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j6GGa TIL of the 'McTaggart Paradox': a logical argument that our perception of time is an illusion- because it fundamentally contradicts itself- but also necessary to view events as moving together from past to future.
YPPx TIL Pigeons are one of the most intelligent birds on the planet. Pigeons can also recognize all 26 letters of the English language as well as being able to conceptualize. Also, Pigeons can differentiate between photographs and even differentiate between two different human beings in a photograph.
gMP19 TIL That “Machiatto” means “marked” in Italian. A Latte Machiatto is milk marked with espresso; the milk is “marked” with coffee. An American Latte is built in reverse, where the coffee is “marked” with milk and foam.
E14ZX TIL a very nearsighted person can see more or less normally underwater because of the faulty refractive index of the eye is negated by the waters refractive index
a4Yb TIL the Volkswagen type 2 is still in production, but the last ones will be made this month, ending the longest production of one model in the auto-industry.