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TIL Russians were making color photos over 100 years ago.

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mxXGv TIL Pill Bugs are not insects but land crustaceans related to lobsters and shrimp. They breathe through gills, can drink through their anus, and excrete gas through their exoskeleton instead of urinating.
yQQWJ TIL that the fastest animal in the world relative to body size is a species of mite called the Paratarsotomus macropalpis, the mite can move at a speed of 322 body lengths per second. The equivalent speed for a human running as fast as this mite would be 1,300 mph
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