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TIL NASA helped the airline industry save billions on fuel with one simple fix

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bjnZ TIL that the color used for “safety orange” was specifically chosen as it’s complimentary contrast color is that of the sky.
W7jGA TIL that the wasp Megaphragma mymaripenne is one of the smallest flying insects at only 200 μm long, and surprisingly, 97% of its brain cells lack a nucleus after metamorphosis.
a8DaN TIL Edith Piaf's team and peers originally deemed "La Vie en Rose" weaker than other songs she was working in, and she set it aside for a year before changing her mind and deciding to record it, and then it became the song that made her internationally famous.
jeQp TIL the word “Armageddon” comes from the Hebrew “Har Megiddo” meaning “Mount of Megiddo” and referring to the place where the Book of Revelation claims the end of the world will begin.
GYpM7 TIL An Ohio judge once sentenced a women to spend 8 hours at the "stinkiest, smelliest" part of the county dump, as punishment for neglecting her dog. "If you puke, you puke."