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TIL about the green flash during sunset, a phenomenon that occurs at sunset and sunrise when conditions are favorable, and results when two optical phenomena combine: a mirage and the dispersion of sunlight

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nWylG TIL that National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts is the world’s largest performing art theater under one roof, and cost roughly $320 million USD to build
xB6D TIL Pablo Picasso would always pay for things with a personal check. He realized his signature was worth so much that they would rarely cash the check.
yQe4e TIL that Stephen Hillenburg designed the show SpongeBob SquarePants off of a comic he created while studying marine biology to teach kids about creatures that lived in intertidal pools with the main character being “Bob the Sponge”
JQK1 TIL the famed black opera singer, Marian Anderson, while performing at Princeton’s concert Hall, was refused lodging at the nearest inn because of her race. Upon hearing this, one local invited her to stay at his home. That man’s name? Albert Einstein.
VMK68 TIL Henk Rogers just went to Moscow and tried to buy the rights for Tetris from the Soviet Union. When Rogers arrived at Electronorgtechnica his translator refused to go inside as going to a government agent without proper paperwork was unthinkable. Rogers went in anyways and got rights to Tetris.