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TIL that 'Greeble' is a name given to the texture applied to Sci-Fi spaceship models to make them appear more complex.

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e00lb TIL Prince was to be in a Simpsons episode -when he sent his notes on the script, they didn’t match to what was written: Prince’s friend had written him new script instead. The episode was canned because Prince refused the original writers script; it was too similar to Michael Jackson’s episode.
nO89 TIL Paper bags haven’t been proven to be “greener” than plastic bags. Paper causes more harm to produce, plastic more harm after produced.
XE7lD TIL when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, the empty space it left on the wall attracted more visitors than the painting had.
ADwa7 TIL that there are ciphers on UK postal boxes that show the reign of a Monarch of when the pillar box was established in the area.
xVBo7 TIL that the number of Jews worldwide as of 2019, is the same number of Jews there were in 1925, pre-WW2.