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TIL Bob Ross painted 3 copies of every piece of work on his show.

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Z85jo TIL In 2003 ABC aired a reality show called "Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People" with a panel of judges including Lorenzo Lamas & Rachel Hunter evaluating contestants on the sole criterion of their physical attractiveness. It was cancelled after 6 episodes due to low ratings.
69p0X TIL Soda stored in plastic bottles loses 1.5% to 2% of its carbonation per week due to permeation of carbon dioxide through polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
5VrLn TIL the use of OMG is over a hundred years old
M7Ea TIL Nokia made a handheld game console in 2003, the N-Gage. In the first two weeks, Nokia claimed to have sold 400,000 units, but researchers later found they had only actually sold 5,800~ units in total.
NYje TIL the word “dude” was first used in the late 1800s as an insult towards young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions