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TIL Bananas glow blue under black lights.

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a8GNA TIL that in his classic Western spoof Blazing Saddles (1974), Mel Brooks named his character Gov. LePetomane after that of a 19th century French stage act of he same name. Flatulist Joseph Pujols combined the French verb péter ("to fart") with "mane" (maniac), loosely translating to "thefartmaniac".
R7w17 TIL Katy Perry, David Bowie, and Michael Keaton all use stage names in order to avoid confusion with Kate Hudson, Davy Jones, and Michael Douglas
dDVXB TIL Human Brains make up the color yellow from what we see as overlapping red and green. Humans simply can’t see the color yellow directly.
d8O7E TIL after Larry Bird left Indiana University, he worked collecting trash in his home town. When leaving for college a 2nd time, this time at Indiana State, he told his co-workers, "I'll be going up there to get a little education. Then I'll be back and be boss of you guys."
oBeZA TIL NBA star Kawhi Leonard still drives a 1997 Chevy Tahoe even after signing a $94 million contract