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TIL that Daft Punk’s helmets cost $65,000 to produce

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9wJeB TIL in 2023, Heinz created a Label of Truth that shows the exact Pantone reference color of Heinz ketchup. This is so that consumers can trust that they are being served the right product. The scale measuring the color of ketchup ranges from "Heinz" to "Not Heinz" and "Is That Even Ketchup?"
4D5g TIL the term “slush fund” comes from the age of sailing when salted meat was kept in barrels. After the barrel was finished, there was a slushy mix of fat and salt left over which was saved and then sold at port, the funds were then used to purchase a luxury for the crew.
dDlYB TIL: Because of the way our eyes see combinations of frequencies of light, green can never dominate the color of a star.
Ad7g TIL that we get a runny nose when we cry because we get actual tears in the nose via the nasolacrimal duct.
gr8kb TIL Cæsar Commodus believed he was the reincarnation of Hercules and renamed Rome «Colonia Commodiana»