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TIL that on the show Breaking Bad, the color wheel has an enormous impact on the outfits that each character wears. Essentially, the color yellow represents the drug trade on the color wheel. The closer a character is to the meth trade, the closer the color they wear is to yellow.

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wLvjW TIL of Gaius Marius, who eliminated the requirement for Roman soldiers to be landowners. Thereafter, Rome's legions largely consisted of poor citizens who became extremely loyal to their commanders. Ultimately, this was highly significant for Caesar and Rome's transformation from Republic to Empire.
VMYjD TIL Canada and Denmark have a territorial dispute over Hans Island in which each country removes the others flag and leaves bottles of alcohol (whiskey from Canada and Schnapps from Denmark) every few months for the other countries military when they return to reclaim the island.
mx4WY TIL during the Middle Ages, wild wolves lived in forests near Paris. During the harsh winter of 1450, a pack of hungry wolves managed to enter to city and ate 40 people.
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M7BQV TIL about Operation Condor - an American and French funded right-wing terror operation that resulted in coups against and assassination and torture of left-wing sympathizers in South America between 1975 to 1983