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TIL colourblind persons can be advantages to the military as it is easier for them to spot “camouflage” colours because the differences in texture and brightness are more apparent.

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GAAD5 TIL That no species of centipede has exactly 100 legs
ne0oW TIL New Mexico license plates are the only ones with USA on them because Americans don’t know it’s part of their country
WodL TIL In 1963,a CIA-funded psychiatrist, Dr. Ewen Cameron managed to completely wipe a woman’s memory by using electroshocks and hallucinogens over a 86 day period..
kO0kg TIL about Lawrence John Ripple, a man who robbed a bank to get away of his wife, but ended up being sentenced to house arrest.
awnvZ TIL that on February 25, 1991 28 US soldiers died when a previously reported software glitch in the Patriot Missile system’s clock prevented it from shooting down an Iraqi SCUD missile. A software patch to fix it was released on the following day.