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TIL barns were traditionally red because farmers mixed rust with their diy sealant mixture to resist fungus and moss, turning the mixture red

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OGP4a Today I learned that there is an Australian High School that has had a a mummified head in their library for over 100 years.
P9eE TIL that Sony didn’t stop making new floppy disks until March 2011…due to “lack of demand”
VpN4 TIL you can buy miniature cows and bulls for pets, and they only grow to 1m in height.
KVmR TIL Soon after the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Ed McMahon enlisted in the Marine Corps and entered flight training. Though unable to enter combat in WWII, he flew 85 combat missions in the Korean War and earned 6 air medals. He retired in 1966 with the rank of colonel.
Blvb TIL Jack O'Lanterns started in 18th century Ireland and were originally carved into turnips. These turnips were used to ward away the evil spirit of a blacksmith named Jack. When the Irish came to America, turnips were hard to find, but pumpkins weren’t, and thus the pumpkin carving became tradition