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TIL Greek statues were actually painted in vivid color. Over time the pigment faded, leaving the white statues that we are used to.

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8e7xa TIL that alma mater roughly translates to a mother’s milk, or “nourishing mother”
GQBJ TIL if you are older than 29, every puppy you saw as a baby is dead.
v1yRL TIL there's a reason there's no generic insulin for diabetics. Its discoverers gave the patent to their university for $1, but the university couldn't make what was needed quickly enough. Drug companies have kept making small changes since the '20s to keep it from going generic.
yo5X TIL the indigenous people of Bougainville Island successfully carried out the world’s first “eco-revolution” closing down one of the world’s largest mines, driving away private security and in turn the Papua New Guinea and Australian army using home-made weapons and running vehicles on coconut oil
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