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TIL the Redlove Era Apple is red all the way to its core

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6kEl TIL: There’s a plant called marsh mallow and it is the plant used in original marsh mallows. It is no longer used in marsh mallows today.
1ajOV TIL that the 1912 presidential election, the Socialist candidate -Eugene V.Debs- received six percent of the popular vote which was the highest ever for a Socialist or Communist or any leftist in U.S. history.
rg1W TIL that to put the roof on giant natural gas silos, they build the silo around the roof with an airtight fit, then use fans to slowly raise the roof up to the top
Z5Ma TIL Jainist monks are such pacifist that they carry around a ritualistic woollen broom to sweep away insects when they sit or walk.
0weev TIL Wind turbines are painted white to help them both blend in and to stand out. White or light grey helps them ‘blend’ into the background, when the sky is cloudy. From the air the white color helps them stand out to planes. The same colour has two strikingly opposed purposes.