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TIL surgical scrubs are green and blue to provide eye relief and a visual contrast to the pinks and reds the surgeon is focusing on

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aPAb TIL that while filming Hans Gruber’s death scene in Die Hard, Alan Rickman was dropped a full second before he expected to fall, resulting in the look of shock present in the film.
MYeA TIL New York City residents are among the healthiest, longest living Americans. This is due in part to the large amount of walking NYC-ers are forced to do.
MaKB TIL that the creator of the floppy disk, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, would routinely almost drown himself in order to spur creativity.
XE8wX TIL about an organization of poets in Amsterdam that read eulogies at the funerals of those who die alone and unmourned.
yExJ TIL that in 2009 Israel tried to create private prisons but their Supreme court ruled against it, saying they were a violation of basic human rights.