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XEapX TIL some women have superhuman vision, seeing 100 million colors due to the genetic mutation: tetrachromacy. The rest of us see 1% or less of that. They see 100x variations in color that appear the same to everyone else. A path of dull grey stones may look like a glittering jewellery box to them
nelvo TIL Mosquitoes pee on you. As a mosquito sucks blood, it needs to get rid of the excess fluid.
9YjrG TIL Since the 19th century, the average human body temperature has dropped 0.05° F each decade. Our average body temperature is now down to 97.9°.
wopmJ TIL Reading, PA is 69% Hispanic
BAbb TIL: When it first came out, the film “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” was criticize by Washington Insiders for depicting the Senate as corrupt. Yet it was banned in countries like Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union for showing that Democracy works.