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TIL that ancient Greek & Roman statues were painted bright colors, not left as white marble.

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neXYB TIL That a Johnny Cash statue will replace a Confederate figure on Capitol Hill
Z87xa TIL that during the making of “Pulp Fiction,” Vincent Vega’s 1964 Chevelle Malibu, which actually belonged to Tarantino, was stolen during production. In 2013, he was reunited with it when a sheriff spotted two men stripping it in the Oakland area, ran the VIN, and found it belonged to the director.
E10kW TIL of a band called Ok Go, who stored one of their albums on DNA by converting their audio into binary code, and then converting the binary into genetic code, which was then "inscribed" onto genetic material.
N8OJ TIL Transmutation (turning one substance into another by chemical reaction, like in alchemy) is real. You can turn lead into gold with enough nuclear chemistry. But it would be a very tiny amount of gold and spent more money to make it than what it’s worth.
vPjRx TIL Lobsters can be right- or left-handed – or clawed. When larval lobster settle to the bottom, their claws are identical. But within several molts, the claws become specialized. They also have clear blood that turns blue when exposed to air, due to oxidizing copper in the hemocyanin protein.