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TIL The day the Deepwater Horizon rig accident occurred, BP executives where onboard doing a safety campaign tour to congratulate the staff for 7 years of operations without mayor incidents.

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8a5WK TIL squirrels are omnivorous and will eat insects and mice.
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XExmr TIL that all-time great director Andrei Tarkovsky dismissed colour film as a gimmick, saying that in everyday life one does not consciously notice colours most of the time, and that films in colour are like moving paintings or photographs, which are too beautiful to be a realistic depiction of life
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