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TIL oranges are dyed orange when the weather is not cold enough to produce the characteristic skin color.

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e00Lk This week's Newsweek proclaims that "Heaven Is Real"--a neurologist concludes it after a near-death experience. But how much do we know about those experiences?
WkGRN TIL that in the 1930s American travel writer Richard Halliburton discovered a remote mountain community in the Caucases that had descended from a lost band of German knights from the crusades.
E180X TIL that "Taco Tuesday" isn't something just any restaurant can celebrate. It's trademarked by a Wyoming-based chain called Taco John's, which routinely sends cease-and-desist letters to other restaurants that use it.
m14dR TIL the Pointer Sisters sang the iconic and funky number song on Sesame Street.
6lLw TIL CIA created a gun that could shoot darts that caused heart attack. Upon penetration of skin the dart left just a tiny red dot. The poison itself worked rapidly and denatured quickly afterwards. It was revealed in 1975 in a Congressional testimony.