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TIL Using your middle initials in your name make you perceived as smarter

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Z89JG TIL in the early days of film and television filmmakers thought nothing about painting a white stuntman with black makeup to double for a black actor. Until Bill Cosby refused to let a white man with black face double for him. His actions paved way for the Black Stuntmen's Association.
j6AKM TIL that in Singapore, people who opt-out of donating their organs are put on a lower priority to receive an organ transplant than those who did not opt-out.
x6aA1 TIL most audio recordings contain a background "mains hum" from electric power grid oscillations that can be matched with grid readings to date the clip to the second it was recorded.
QmpM TIL that in 1974 a man died from an overdose of carrot juice.
LQX4Q TIL Paris, Texas has its' own Eiffel Tower, which is wearing a red cowboy hat. It is a scale model, standing at 65 feet tall.