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TIL Hong Kong has a color-coded warning system for rain

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4kdBX TIL The bands Fountains of Wayne (self-titled) and Flamingoes (Plastic Jewels) released albums with the exact same cover photo within two weeks of each other in 1996. Unbeknownst to either band, the photographer Nick Wappington had licensed the picture to both bands.
VMN0p TIL that Tim Burton made a tribute short stop-motion film for my distant ancestor Vincent Price, who also narrated it.
Oobbg TIL donating a pint of blood is equivalent to donating a chocolate bar calorie-wise, mainly from the regeneration of 2 TRILLION red blood cells in bone marrow at a rate of 2 million/sec.
8ek4P TIL: In the USA during the 19th century, many little girls were given play ‘Death Kits’, which included a corpse doll and coffin. Girls would prepare the doll for viewing, place it in its coffin and conduct a play funeral.
GAMr7 TIL when Quentin Tarantino found out that Video Archives in Hermosa Beach, California (the video rental store he had worked at) was closing, he bought the entire "inventory and recreated the store in his basement", because for him, "that place [was] a lifesaver."