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TIL that despite spending so much time around it, Sea Mammals cannot see the colour blue.

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W8b9 TIL: Fresh olives are practically inedible and take several weeks of bringing/fermenting to get rid of the bitter compounds. That’s why olives taste salty.
kODm1 TIL that more than 50% of the oxygen produced on earth is from photosynthesizers in the ocean, such as Prochlorococcus and phytoplankton.
mxg7O TIL that at the 59th Academy Awards, the award for Best Sound was presented by Marlee Matlin, who would later that night become the first deaf actor to ever win an Oscar
XEbL6 TIL that the McDonald's CEO eats McDonald's twice a day, 5 days a week.
kPrd TIL that 5 minutes before John McCain’s ship was set to leave Rio de Janeiro in 1957, he showed up in a gull-wing Mercedes driven by Brazil’s top model, who kissed him before he climbed aboard.