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TIL the world’s pinkest paint is available to everyone except Anish Kapoor.

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pY9Q4 TIL that after a turbulent flight in the early 1980's, Aretha Franklin developed aviophobia and traveled by bus to get to concerts and other events from that point on.
ZKbB TIL that there was a real, radium based, alcoholic drink known as the “Atomic Cocktail” that was served in missile shaped bottles. They had adverse effects after prolonged exposure, but could cure minor fevers, headaches, and depression.
Zpvrp TIL about tomato stitching
16OGP TIL multiple U.S. companies have been caught over the years selling raccoon dog (tanuki) fur as "faux fur." Three were sued and reached settlements with the government that included no financial penalty.
0dJwN TIL The Zero Milestone is a zero mile marker monument in Washington, D.C. intended as the initial milestone from which all road distances in the United States should be measured when it was built.