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TIL red tape was actually used to bind government documents and you had to literally cut through them to get stuff done. And you can buy pieces of US red tape from the National Archives.

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W7pyY TIL of Invader, a French street artist that has set up more than 3,800 unique mosaic art pieces in cities worldwide
kOvK7 TIL that Russian cosmonauts used to pack a shotgun in case they landed in Siberia and had to fend off bears.
b9gd0 TIL the Albatross is a large bird that can go years without landing. They spend their first 6 years of life flying over the ocean without ever touching the ground.
G4Vg TIL that school buses are painted yellow because it gets people’s attention faster than any other color and is also well noticeable in bad weather. People detect yellow 1.24 times better than red in the corner of their eyes.
MPkK TIL that the phrase “to turn a blind eye” comes from British Vice Admiral Nelson, who was blind in one eye; in one battle, when he was signaled to stop attacking a fleet of Danish ships, he held up a telescope to his blind eye, saying “I really do not see the signal,” and attacked anyway