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TIL the Pentagon has twice as many toilets than it would have had if it were built today, due to being built in a time of segregation

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GALr7 TIL on the island of Papua New Guinea, there are a number of species of green lizards that have green bones, green hearts, green tongues, and green blood.
rENd TIL Mosquitoes have killed more humans than all the wars in history.
1a7OP TIL that a company in England accidentally sent letters to some of their wealthy customers that began “Dear Rich Bastard” and one customer complained who did not receive the letter because he felt that his wealth warranted the “Rich Bastard” title
yVZrw TIL that readiness potentials are a kind electroencephalogram signal that appears before the intention to perform actions, so they were thought to predict awareness of voluntary movement. But this recent study have found them also before the partecipants decided not to move.
dDww9 TIL before 9/11, New York's deadliest disaster was an excursion steamboat sinking in 1904 with 1,021 deaths and 431 survivors (most could not swim at the time).