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TIL HBO, Showtime and FX all turned down Breaking Bad.

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7rr4b It's the difference between a grainy black-and-white film and HD.
e0YVJ TIL that snow globes were accidentally invented by a medical tool repair man. He was trying to make a brighter light bulb for operating rooms, so he tried using a water filled glass with reflective particles to do this. The effect looked like snow to him which is how he got the idea for snow globes.
vOrB TIL Diseases from dirty water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.
WkyM4 TIL that as a child, Michael Jackson's father would torment him about his appearance, calling him 'fat-nose'. Michael went on to have four rhinoplasties and fussed over how his body and face looked for the rest of his life.
e06r6 TIL there is a bird that lacks a singing voice to attract mates -- instead it beats its wings faster than the speed of sound to create sonic booms that can be heard by all the females in the area