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twinArmageddons May 13, 2020

Daily Trivia Thread

#1: During WW2, a Syrian brown bear named Wojtek (Pronounced voy-tek) served in the Polish II Corps. He was mostly a mascot animal, but he did actually "fight" in the Battle of Monte Cassino. (He assisted in moving boxes of ammunition.) He was a Kapral, which was the Polish version of Corporal. After the war, he retired and lived the rest of his natural life in Edinburgh Zoo. In recognition of his feats, the symbol of the Emblem of 22nd Artillery Supply Company was a bear!

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#2: The colour of light you see when you are not perceiving light is not, in fact, black! It is called Eigengrau, and its hex code is approximately #16161d. It's also the colour you see when you close your eyes in complete darkness. Even though it's the absence of light, it still looks brighter than pure black. This is due to it having a lack of contrast with other lighter objects.