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TIL daytime fireworks are made up of colored smoke so they can be seen during the day.

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MK4A TIL that there will be a full moon on this coming Friday the 13th. There won’t be another Friday the 13th with a full moon until 2049.
VBlAG TIL that Patrick Troughton, the second actor to play Doctor Who, considered playing the character as a tough sea captain or pirate in blackface. He eventually chose the character of a "space hobo."
LQ1YQ TIL That the white dried dog poop on lawns of the 70s and 80s was related to excess calcium in dog foods at the time. Less commercial bone meal in todays dog food recipes makes it virtually a thing of the past.
l7x5N TIL that Zack Snyder actually wrote a final film to end the '300' series called 'Blood and Ashes' that was to focus on the love story between Alexander the Great and Hephaestion, but WB turned it down
WAd8 TIL People with good social support are less likely to develop mental disorders (such as PTSD, anxiety, bipolar, etc.)