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TIL Vatican City leads the world in per-capita wine consumption due to its sacramental use

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VB0J0 TIL that the Michael Myers mask used in Halloween (1978) was originally a Star Trek Capt. Kirk mask. The film had a limited budget, so the production crew bought the cheapest mask they could find at a Halloween store.
lPL5 TIL a company called Eidos is working on a mask that would allow you to enhance your hearing and vision to “superhuman” levels.
D16rP TIL we can’t see atoms under an ordinary microscope because atoms are smaller than the wavelength of visible light. The smallest thing we can see with visible light contains 10 billion atoms.
8eRvX TIL vanilla comes from an orchid
VZN0 TIL the line “drugs are bad, m'kay?” from South Park’s Mr Mackey, was referenced by a judge in a marijuana related court case who said Mr Mackey’s words were immortal