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TIL Vaselina is the Mexican title for the movie Grease

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Meylm TIL painting zebra stripe patterns on cattle reduces the number of biting flies by up to 50%
WLDo TIL when Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, it’s internet domain name went from ’.yu’ to ’.me’
VM4O0 TIL that professor Farnsworth from Futurama is named after the man who invented television.
Bgg0D TIL Arthur Wharton, born Ghana, 1865, became the 100 yard world record holder for 30 years, the world's first professional black soccer player, a cycling champion, a professional cricketer and then a professional rugby player. He died penniless in 1930 and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave.
0Ybj TIL that an episode of Peppa Pig had to be banned in Australia because it showed Peppa being friendly to spiders, which was not considered safe for kids due to the toxicity of many Australian species.