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TIL Highlighters are typically yellow because it is the color that doesn’t leave a shadow on the page when photocopied

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OGl1 TIL that tea bags are made of banana fibers
YpN8Z TIL of Dean Cyril Reed, who was nicknamed the Red Elvis. In the 60s Reed was the best-selling Western performer in the Socialist countries, and often criticizer of US politics. In 1986, he was found dead under suspicious circumstances.
emXD TIL 3,200 years old tree is so massive its never been captured in a single image until now!
eEwD TIL George Washington, 1st President of the United States, Specifically Said that He Didn’t want Political Parties to exist
oRxA8 TiL that because of creative differences following the recording of "By the Way", Flea nearly quit the Red Hot Chili Peppers to teach full time at a music conservatory.