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TIL that ancient statues were painted and not being plain marble like we have them today.

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ANdYo TIL that the vertebrate with the shortest lifespan is a fish called the Pygmy Goby. It has a maximum lifespan of 59 days.
YdRP TIL of NASA’s sound suppression system which soaks the launch pad with 300,000 gallons of water, reducing acoustical levels within the orbiter payload bay to about 142 decibels.
8eVK4 TIL world chess champion grandmaster magnus carlsen once withdrew from a tournament after being told he couldn’t play while wearing jeans.
4XZvJ TIL that color photography has existed since 1907. The "autochrome" process used millions of microscopic red, green and blue colored potato starch grains that filtered light before it reached the emulsion on a glass plate.
1aygr Grey hairs sometimes regain their colour when we feel less stressed.