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TIL prescription vials are translucent orange/amber because it helps prevent the sun's UV rays from harming/altering the medication inside.

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8naa TIL That in 1941, Willamette University’s football team played a game at the University of Hawaii on December 6th for the post season. The following day, December 7th, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The team was conscripted into the Army to help fight a possible Japanese invasion of the island.
OoG74 TIL in Tanzania (East Africa), witch hunts have increased as albino deaths have jumped. Accused witches are burned alive.
b9wYp TIL the SS Andrea Doria, a passenger liner sunk in a collision in 1956, is considered the “Mt. Everest” of scuba diving due to its dive difficulty. The wreck continues to claim the lives of divers unprepared for its challenges.
1j0P TIL Tostitos made a promotional bag for the Superbowl that had sensors to detect alcohol on a person’s breath. If alcohol was detected the bag gave a 10% discount for Uber, and also had a NFC tag to call the driver.
QJaX6 TIL Tom Higgenson (from Plain White T) and Delilah know for the song "Hey There Delilah" were never together, when they met she had a boyfriend and she till does.