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TIL a "Chernobyl necklace" is a horizontal scar at the base of the throat from surgery to remove thyroid cancer caused by fallout from a nuclear accident

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v17X7 TIL The Shining (1980) borrowed heavily from the previous Burnt Offerings (1976) - a haunted mansion requiring upkeep, a struggling writer with wife and son, fatherly violence toward the son, possession and slide into insanity, and getting sucked into black and white photos at the end
GZvQ TIL that Mark Twain gave a lecture on Masturbation in which he poked fun at those who shunned the practice by making up quotes such as, “Homer, in the second book of the Iliad, says with fine enthusiasm, “Give me masturbation or give me death!”
x6OyD TIL The USSR had a popular government published cookbook called “The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food“. The different editions often reflected the government’s priorities such as the removal of Stalin’s quotes after his death in 1953 as part of De-Stalinization.
R1l1 TIL that the color you see in total darkness is not black, but a dark gray called “eigengrau”.
jNRQ TIL that thousands of high school students watch 12 minutes of Channel One every day of class: A multimillion-dollar, corporate-owned program that pipes advertisements into the classroom. In return, participating schools receive technological grants.