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TIL that the stereotypical depiction of Frankenstein's monster has green skin because green makeup made him look corpse like in black and white film and they kept it for color adaptations.

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k9BW TIL that Reagan and Gorbachev informally agreed that the US and USSR would assist each other in the event of an alien invasion
VKYp TIL of the Fukushima 50. During the 2011 earthquake in Japan, 50 workers at the nuclear power plant would not leave even though 750 others had been evacuated. For four days they kept the reactor from melting down until backup arrived, saving countless lives.
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