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TIL that some XX chromosome holders can see 100x more colors than "regular" people

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4Xm9b TIL about Cremora Tart, a South African no bake dessert made with powdered non-dairy coffee creamer.
XE0vj TIL of the Cocaine Bear who was found dead in the woods after eating 76 pounds ($15 million worth) of cocaine
BgkKk TIL that South Dakota has the youngest minimum driving age of any region on Earth (14).
6ENLl TIL During his 2009 TED talk, Bill Gates opened a jar of mosquitoes saying “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some… I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected” and waited for about a minute before telling the audience that the bugs were malaria-free.
9m6p TIL that the US Air Force is the only branch of US military to ever directly fight the USSR. The conflict occurred over the Serbian town of Niš during WWII. Both sides mistook each other as Germans and both sides classified all reports of the battle as Top Secret.