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TIL: In the UK more than 7,000 people still watch TV in black and white more than half a century after color broadcasts began.

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WxeN TIL that Black Tie is the second most formal dress code.
WmpX TIL taking a daily multivitamin is a highly contentious topic with studies proving it a useless, potentially harmful, waste of time/money and other studies proving it a beneficial way to insert minerals which would otherwise be non-existent in the average diet.
9Y8GD TIL that Viggo Mortensen was so loved and respected on the set of Lord of the Rings, on his last day of filming the stunt team from New Zealand performed a Haka in his honor.
OG9wL TIL 4-yr-old Cecelia Cichan was the sole survivor of the deadliest aviation accident to have only one person survive (NW Airlines Flight 255). Her mom, dad, brother & 153 others died. She was found still belted into her seat with third-degree burns & fractures in her skull, collarbone, & leg.
Vpnm TIL The Netherlands has been sending Canada 10,000 tulips every year for the past 70 years in appreciation for the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi forces.