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TIL letting a cut “get air,” or “breathe,” is actually the wrong thing to do to heal it.

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kJej1 TIL that RackaRacka, youtubers known for their gory comedy videos made the new hit 2023 horror film Talk to Me
1aKEV Today I learned Johnny Appleseed was basically a mentally unstable weirdo that welcomed himself into a stranger's house and refused to leave until they fed him.
kOLNE TIL Stan Lee and Jack Kirby intended the Hulk to be gray. But the printing press kept having trouble with the Hulk's color and he kept coming out green. So he only spent the first few issues of his comic being gray.
x6jW7 TIL in the 1893 case of Nix v. Hedden, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, for purposes of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, tomatoes are vegetables. The Supreme Court relied on the fact that tomatoes are usually used as vegetables since they're normally served with dinner and not dessert.
6E987 TIL A man walked into a publisher's office with 14 pictures and a title to go along with each picture. He said he would come back with the full stories, but never showed up. The pictures have captivated writer's for years.