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TIL: Leonardo DaVinci was the first person to explain why the sky is blue

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N7e7E TIL Zach Braff beat up a 12 year old for spraying fake paint on his Porsche as a part of a prank on the show Punked. The scene was edited out.
p8mWe TIL that Troop Sport, a popular streetwear brand in the '80s and '90s, went bankrupt because of fake rumors that it was owned by the KKK.
nW4vY TIL Micropenis is like any other healthy penis, but when stretched it is smaller than 3 2/3 inch (9.32 cm) in adults.
neaE9 TIL that the Chinese and Jewish peoples have traditionally deeply admired and respected each other for centuries, based in their trade interactions and shared familial and cultural values of hard work.
EgmG7 TIL: At the time of the Pearl Harbor bombing in 1941, Hawaii was not legally a part of the Union as one of the then-48 officially recognized states (along with Alaska). The territories of AK & HI did not join the United States until 1959, only 65 years ago.