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TIL though the original 1904 production of Madame Butterfly was rushed and troubled, Puccini continued to work and refine his piece. By 1907, the opera became the opus that it is today, and it remains one of the most popular operas ever composed.

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wLDNM TIL that for the movie "O Brother, Where art Thou?", the cows that were shot and hit by the police car looked so realistic that the American Humane Society wouldn't immediately certify the movie as "No Animals Were Harmed". A representative had to be shown how they were digitally created ten times.
jnVR TIL measuring 4086mi^2, the largest salt pan Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is so flat that rain can’t drain, creating the world’s largest natural mirror. It’s also 5x better for satellite calibration than the surface of the ocean, and an elevation measurement accuracy of 0.8 inches
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KOkG9 TIL that Seattle City Lights paid an annual payment of $5000 to British Columbia for the loss of over 5,000 acres of land due to the filling up of the Ross Dam Reservoir
JYomj TIL Before the ~1870s, pink was associated with boys and blue was associated with girls. Blue was viewed as a feminine color because of its association with the Virgin Mary while pink was seen as a lighter shade of red, and therefore more masculine.