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TIL astronomers used a large sample of galaxies to average out the color of the universe. The result: Beige.

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Brlwk TIL that the world's largest film studio is Hengdian Studios, in China. Basically a city of permanent full-scale replicas of palaces, fortresses, and towns from various periods of China's history. Whole populations of nearby towns are often employed to be extras for period dramas & fantasy movies.
p8Rr8 TIL It is so cold in Svalbard, they cannot properly bury anyone in a coffin, since the body won't decompose.
neBAB TIL The Power of Love, the first number-one hit in the US for Huey Lewis and the News, was written for the movie Back to the Future.
GbK5 TIL Iranians still use the ancient form of air conditioning called the badgir. It is a tower with vents on top and allows cool air to accelerate down into a building. Zion National Park in Utah has a modern example of this, where temps reach over 100 F, the visitors center stays at cool 73 F.
6El5w TIL Mary Kay Letourneau's father John G. Schmitz once ran for President of the United States, and was such an extreme right-winger, the ultra-conservative John Birch Society expelled him