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TIL that the most visible color in the world is bright green.

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M0JB TIL that French schools are banned from serving ketchup with French foods.
x6rw0 TIL Green Goddess salad dressing was created to pay tribute to actor George Arliss and his hit 1823 play, The Green Goddess
M70ma TIL of "gas bag" vehicles developed during the gasoline shortages of the World Wars. They used 'town gas', a by-product of the process of turning coal into cokes.
PY96E Til it's the 75th anniversary of the acid trip.
aWyJ TIL Italy’s Credem Bank takes parmesan cheese from local producers in exchange for cheap loans (charging 3-5% interest, depending on quality) & a fee ensuring the cheese matures properly (2yrs) in the bank vault (cheese is sold if the loan defaults). 430,000 parmesan wheels ($200M+) are stored there