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TIL that Salvador Dali's famous painting "The Persistence of Memory" was only about the size of a sheet of office paper.

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MaPm TIL the FDA approved a medication that prevent HIV/AIDS in 2012… that has a 92% success rate.
4XdjR TIL the sound effect in the opening line of the song Iron Man, "I am Iron Man", was made by having Ozzy Osbourne sing from behind a fan.
LQwO9 TIL First Lady of the Confederacy Varina Davis did not support slavery, supported women's suffrage, and always thought the Confederacy was doomed to lose the war. Her tenure as First Lady was described as, "a disaster," mostly because people noticed her ambivalence to the role.
4X85g TIL that rubbing your eyes mechanically excites visual receptors in your eye that perceive light, which is why you see spots after
wBmW TIL Pepsi is being sued because of its Naked Juice marketing. While the juice is marketed as “healthy”, it actually has a higher sugar content than an equivalent amount of Pepsi Cola.