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TIL That there is a dutch artist who artificially makes real clouds to photograph them (Pictures and Explanation inside)

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MYkK TIL Chipotle has a policy of bringing ingredients to the tables of disabled diners and doing tableside preparation so they don’t miss out on the “Chipotle experience”
jNvvX TIL: Gregory the Great- 6th Century Pope (and Saint) wrote of Mary Magdalene as a prostitute, despite there being no record of this in Scripture. Contemporary scholars agree that Mary Magdalene was likely an upper class woman who supported Jesus Christ- but not necessarily a prostitute.
bbw7 TIL that baking soda and dish soap (hydrogen peroxide) can be used to remove the smell of skunk spray. The oxygen molecules from the hydrogen peroxide bond with the thiols compounds present in the skunk spray, completely neutralizing the odor.
6EVYW TIL The Florida panhandle once accounted for 2/3 of lost limb claims in the U.S. due the common practice of taking out multiple insurance policies and then maiming oneself
lOoa TIL the famous party song, “Fight for Your Right” by the Beastie Boys, was actually a parody of the party lifestyle. Mike D commented, “The only thing that upsets me is that we might have reinforced certain values of some people in our audience when our own values were actually totally different…”