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TIL Another cockroach superpower: they need less than one photon per second to see in the dark, and scientists don’t know why.

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MenmV TIL PEZ candies were originally peppermint flavored, shaped round and called 'PEZ drops.' The name PEZ comes from the German word for peppermint, “PfeffErminZ” taking the P from the first letter, E from the middle and Z from the last letter to form the word PEZ.
8a6GP TIL, that Oct. 2, 1929 marked the last time a Work Union existed in the small town of Marion, NC as 6 members were shot in cold blood by the local sherrifs. Seven of whom were Anti-Union and deputized moments before the shooting. All were aquitted.
yyov TIL there where Irish slaves, also Jamaican and Caribbean accents are believed to have originated from the Irish accent.
WkK1d TIL Americans at large consume 350 slices of pizza per second, or 46 slices each on average, per year
Mn67 TIL Bill Gates and Warren Buffett went to lunch together at McDonalds. Warren paid, and had a coupon