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TIL that Peru had a Japanese president from 1990 to 2000

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D1j9v TIL "Green Light Therapy" has shown the ability to improve migraines. Red & Blue light were both found to stimulate nerve activity which increased migraine risk. A narrow band of green light was found to cause the least stimulation which resulted in easing of symptoms and fewer migraines.
0wYJN Today I Learned that Veggietales wasn't originally going to have vegetables as the characters. Phill Vischer simply needed character models that were easy to animate in the early days of computer animation. Vegetables didn’t require animating arms, legs, or hair like humans or animals would.
e0grE TIL raw milk is responsible for nearly three times more hospitalizations than any other food-borne disease source, making it one of the world's most dangerous food products
Egy87 TIL Roughly 1 in 8 people (12.3%) in the USA live in the NYC, Chicago or LA urban areas. These urban areas account for only 0.2% of America's land
N7gvQ TIL the longest kill shot in military history is claimed by an unnamed Canadian soldier from Joint Task Force 2 (JFT2), who hit the target from 3,450 metres. His heartbeat could have made him miss his target. Canadian soldiers currently claim three of the top five longest confirmed shots recorded.