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TIL After the Vietnam war Vietnamese farmers recycled thousands of external fuel tanks from U.S. aircraft to create river boats and canoes

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VBlyG TIL that Target uses color psychology- specifically the color red to attract consumers due to the color red being associated with energy, excitement, passion, speed, and impulse.
XEyl8 TIL that "Nimh" in the movie "Secret of Nimh" stands for "National Institute of Mental Health" and is based on a book about the institute that did horrific studies on rats
5V9B9 TIL that 80s child actress Judith Barsi made so much money by 4th grade, her family bought a house in West Hills. She died at age 10 when her father killed the entire family. Her final films, “The Land Before Time” and “All Dogs Go To Heaven,” were released posthumously.
W70r9 TIL the first film about the Titanic starred an actor who survived the sinking. Dorothy Gibson was playing bridge when the ship hit the iceberg and she escaped on the first lifeboat. She later starred in "Saved from the Titanic", in which she wore the same clothes that she wore on the Titanic.
NvZ6 TIL of “Gary Lane Day.” A day the Mayor of Burlington, Vermont dedicated to a man who among other things was “pulled over for head-banging so hard the police thought he was having a seizure.”