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TIL the head of South Korea’s biggest plastic surgery clinic does over 100 operations daily - ranging from eyelid surgery to nose reshaping to facial contouring - because “The Chinese and Korean patients tell me that they want to have faces like Americans.”

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JYGY8 TIL Why blueprints are blue. In the mid 1800's, a photo chemical process was developed that enabled copying documents. The blueprinting process deposits blue ferric ferrocyanide in areas that were blank in the original document. Thus, the copy consists of white lines on a blue background.

vPOAx TIL When soul legend Wilson Picket recorded his iconic version of "Mustang Sally," he & his band rushed to hear the playback. The tape machine broke, cutting the tape into 30-40 tiny pieces. The engineer Tom Dowd carefully spliced them all back together, & that's the famous album version

nx7Y TIL Polish troops raised an orphaned bear cub during WWII. He enjoyed drinking beer, and was trained to salute. He became officially enlisted as a member of the forces, and helped carry artillery during battle.

MeW4b TIL that Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in 140 films, 55 television appearances, 4 theatre productions, 6 video-games, and voiced 2 audio books. His films alone have grossed a total $27 billion, making him the highest-grossing live-action actor of all time.

e07gn TIL that the "Thirty pieces of silver" paid to Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus Christ would be worth approximately $200 (USD) today.