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TIL that Platypuses glow under UV light

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x6Byk TIL Those videos with people crying after having their colorblindness cured by putting on special glasses were fake.
Bryjd TIL of Marni Nixon, a singer who dubbed for leading actresses in movie musicals in the 50s and 60s. She dubbed for Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, and Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen prefer blondes. Her role was concealed from audiences at the time of the films' release.
4XDW6 TIL In 2012, a man was brutally stabbed while restraining a subway stabber who had killed 4 people. When police showed up they did nothing to treat the mans wounds or get him medical help. The courts later ruled that police have no legal obligation to protect or serve the public.
ZaOY TIL Neil Patrick Harris enjoys Red Bull so much on and off the set of How I Met Your Mother that he was given a lifetime supply of it and a mini-refrigerator by the company that makes the drink because of the amount of free advertising he has given it.
16l78 TIL Scarlet Fever still exists and it's strep throat with a rash...