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WkJeY TIL, that movie Dallas Buyers Club budget was so low, they had only 250$ for the makeups. The film's artists were able to work with that, and the film's Makeup and Hairstyling won an Oscar.
RxrQ TIL marshmallows were originally made from the root of the marsh mallow plant. Now the strange name makes sense.
41EX TIL the word “sanction” is an auto-antonym, a word with two contradicting meanings. It means both to approve of an action, and to penalize for an offense.
QNeYE TIL in 1859, an aurora was so strong over the Rocky Mountains that gold miners were woken up in the middle of the night thinking it was morning and they made breakfast.