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TIL that pink lights – which make skin blemishes more visible –have been installed in public places to deter teenage loitering

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xVj80 TIL President Theodore Roosevelt, an avowed environmentalist, banned Christmas trees from the White House during his presidency.
v1BdR TIL - in 2001, Steve Jobs described a secret new technology that would be bigger than the internet. He also claimed cities would be built around the new device. It was later revealed to be the segway scooter
Vgr0 TIL Rocco Siffredi, an Italian porn star, made a commercial for potato chips in which he says “I’ve tried a lot of potatoes, but none are as good as these.” The Italian word for potato is a euphemism for vagina.
7QdO TIL the word “Ewok” was never said in Star Wars.
JYAvk TIL of Stovokor, a heavy metal band that dresses up as Klingons and sings all songs in Klingon.