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TIL The set of the original Addams Family was rather colorful as the hues didn't matter as much as saturation & contrast for B&W.

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LQgwZ TIL the term "house poor," which is anyone whose housing expenses account for an exorbitant percentage of their monthly budget.
olD7 TIL that “The Case of the Stolen Smell” - an innkeeper accused a poor student of “stealing his smell” by eating while the innkeeper was cooking to “flavor” his dull food. The judge ordered the student to pay the innkeeper with the sound of money by passing it from one hand to another.
a8dao TIL that cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and many other vegetables are all the same plant, just bred to accentuate different features
xyR0 TIL that Grace Kelly and her family had to provide Prince Rainier of Monaco with a dowry of $2 million in order for the marriage to go ahead.
XEm7k TIL At Harvard, Native Americans make up almost 2 percent of the student body. Only 67 percent of Native Americans graduate from high school but there are also "more Native American students applying to 12, 15 colleges, including top institutions, and that was never done before”