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TIL Isaac Newton created the modern color wheel

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Y7Ord TIL Boeing doesn't build the fuselages for their 737 & 787
wJX1 TIL that during filming of The Usual Suspects director Bryan Singer managed to convince all the major actors that they were Keyser Soze. When Gabriel Byrne first watched the film he was so stunned that he wasn’t Keyser Soze that he stormed off into the parking lot and argued with Singer for an hour.
161O4 TIL that the song “I Can't Dance” by Genesis was a parody of Levi’s blue jeans commercials, particularly those featuring male models who "could not dance or talk but could only walk in their jeans".
epeWn TIL that in 1996, Grant Hill received more All-Star votes than Michael Jordan, even though it was Jordan’s first All-Star game coming back from retirement.
QJOpE TIL peat is the most effective carbon sink on the planet, covering just 3% of the land’s surface, but storing 42% of the Earth’s soil carbon.