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TIL Reindeer are the only mammals that can see UV (ultraviolet) light and make sense of it

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a8Vjb TIL there is a thing called maladaptive daydreaming where people can daydream for hours on end and can't stop
N71BP TIL the last blood libel trial (prosecuting a Jew for supposedly slaughtering a Christian child to use their blood in a Jewish ritual) was held in Kiev in 1913. After spending two years in prison awaiting trial, the defendant Mendel Beilis was eventually acquitted.
PYr4e TIL that "zombies" first appeared on movie screens in a 1919 French film called J’accuse. Director Abel Gance used soldiers on leave from fighting in Verdun to portray “an army of the dead.”
ZEnv TIL eating a human body would provide about 81,500 calories
ZpxLp TIL that when casting the 1978 Superman film, DC approved the following people to play Superman: Muhammad Ali, Al Pacino, James Caan, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood and Dustin Hoffman.