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TIL George R.R. Martin made Game of Thrones show creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff correctly guess the identity of Jon Snow's mother before he allowed them to adapt his novels

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XE9jr TIL Jamie Foxx saved a man from a burning truck. Brett Kyle was speeding and hit a drainage pipe, rolling his vehicle multiple times in front of Foxx’s home. The car started on fire, Foxx cut the seatbelt and pulled Kyle out of the truck seconds before the truck went completely up in flames.
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pYAGb TIL that dogs see in shades of blue and yellow. The colors we see depend on two types of photoreceptors: rods and cones. Humans have three types of cones, but dogs only have two. Dogs have fewer cones, but have more rods, which help them identify moving objects and see better in low-light conditions