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TIL that the snow used in the wizard of Oz poppy field scene was 100% industrial grade asbestos

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X0aEX TIL that in the first Polish-language encyclopedia, the definition of Horse was: "Everyone can see what a Horse is"
RBEa TIL When Paypal was started they gave $20 to everyone that made an account, and $20 for every person they referred. This cost them 60-70 million dollars but they had 100,000 costumers in the month PayPal went online
7rl4L TIL George Lucas's original name for Yoda was... Buffy
Oopag TIL that Van Halen's "no brown M&Ms" clause was a way to make sure show promoters read the whole contract
Z8XOo TIL about "turtle glass". Some states have laws that require coastal homeowners to turn off lights and draw curtains after 9pm because baby turtles migrate out to sea by moonlight and sometimes they get confused by lights and swim inland. Turtle glass is special window that doesn't reflect moonlight