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TIL Americans didn’t lose their British accent, the British accent evolved; Brits used to sound more like Americans rather than vice versa.

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a8nPb TIL goldfish have a pigment in their skin which is sensitive to the amount of light. If they don't get enough light exposure, they can eventually turn white.
8aMAZ TIL during WWI all Army recruits underwent intelligence testing, the largest mass testing that had ever been attempted before. By the end of the war, close to 2 million soldiers had been tested. As a result of the tests roughly half of the recruits were classified at or below the level of "moron"
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