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TIL farm salmon is grey, then dyed after to match it's more pleasing wild caught cousin.

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nWknB TIL Houston's JPMorgan Chase Tower was originally planned for 80 floors tall, but it was shortened at the order of the Federal Aviation Administration who declared anything taller than 75 floors in downtown Houston would be a hazard to air navigation
JYrp1 TIL Thomas Jefferson’s slave mistress, Sally Hemings, was the child of his father-in-law with his own slave, making her his wife’s half-sister
Bgdny TIL the Weird Al song “Bob” is written entirely in palindromes (including the title). It was written in 2002 (a palindrome) and the nonsensical lyrics inspired him to make it a Bob Dylan parody.
X0X4P TIL that Dean Martin named one of his daughters Deana
vP8Xx TIL about Jock Sturges, who loved photographing nude adolescents. In 1998, unsuccessful attempts were made to have his books The Last Day of Summer and Radiant Identities classed as child pornography in Arkansas and Louisiana. He also pled guilty to an unnatural and lascivious act with a child.