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TIL There were only 15 episodes of the Mr. Bean show.

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D0Jp TIL in Egyptian times lipstick was used by prostitutes who specialized in oral sex to advertise their services.
6EpQw TIL that undercover FBI agent Joseph Pistone led to over 200 indictments and over 100 convictions of Mafia members. The man who introduced Pistone to the Mafia was murdered for having allowed an FBI agent to infiltrate the family; he was shot dead and his hands were cut off.
1Am8 TIL that the St. Joseph’s student who serves as the school’s Hawk mascot receives a full scholarship as long as he does NOT stop flapping his wings at basketball games. The mascot is estimated to flap his wings 3,500 times during a regulation game.
v858 TIL Movie posters are printed on both sides to increase saturation of the colors when back-lit in a movie poster case [example in the comments]
MGAV TIL there exists an image of Columbia space shuttle reentering atmosphere just before it disintegrated. It was snapped casually by people in Kirtland Air Force Base testing their tracking telescope.You can see debris stream out from left wing.