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TIL Samuel L. Jackson worked as a stand-in for Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show

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GG8N TIL It has been well argued that the sky is red and orange in Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream, because the eruption of the volcano Krakatoa in 1883, was so massive, that it disrupted the earth’s atmosphere. This caused the sky to turn blood red at sunset.
ne8kG TIL Japan’s famous white tailed Nara deer are taking over Tokyo as tourists who provide 80% of their food are disappearing.
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