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TIL the green visors accountants used to wear helped lessen eyestrain from harsh incandescent lights.

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rNw8e TIL- UPS Drivers rarely make left turns in order to save fuel
nWLnB TIL at least 70% of Paraguay's male population was killed during the Paraguayan War
KYg46 TIL that chickens can and have killed
yQe1w TIL Canada's CBC studied purity of bottled water to find microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study
Yp8Gd TIL witches were never depicted with green skin before the 1939 Wizard of Oz film. Witches were commonly depicted as red or orange beforehand. The Wicked Witch of the West was not described as green in the book, and she was only made green in the film because it looked really good in technicolor.