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TIL "Below the fold" is referring to the bottom half of a newspaper.

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ADLll TIL that blue pigment does not exist in nature (with the exception of the obrina olivewing butterfly). Everything else, including flowers, is due to some kind of light reflection.
d8eNE TIL Protective seals for medications were implemented after a series of cyanide poisonings in Chicago that resulted from tampered Tylenol in 1982.
yVJPJ TIL that Bruce Lee had a quarter European heritage that was made up of English, German, and Dutch (Jewish) from his mother who came from a very wealthy and powerful Eurasian clan in Hong Kong. This heritage ended up being an initial obstancle for his Wing Chun training.
KYQoR TIL that a study on 'strategic ejaculation' found that heterosexual men ejaculate more quickly and produced higher quality ejaculates (volume & total number of motile sperm) when masturbating to unfamiliar women.
wLmvW TIL that Bruce Springsteen stopped a walk out at the We Are The World recording. A few of the rockers felt the song was too pop and singing with non-rockers would hurt their image. They changed their minds when the boss said, "I'm here to save lives and feed people, and I'm staying."