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TIL that Medieval cathedral exteriors were originally painted in vibrant colours

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N7kMb TIL most plastic soda bottle tops are designed to save materials by using gapped thread standard called PCO 1881 published by the International Society of Beverage Technologists.
xGLo TIL that in 1972, President Richard Nixon called Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula before the Super Bowl and recommended he run a certain play. The week prior, he reportedly did the same thing with the Washington Redskins. Both teams ran the plays he suggested; both plays failed. Both teams lost.
9Ykr6 TIL that in 1938, Henry Ford was awarded Nazi Germany's Grand Cross of the German Eagle. That is the medal awarded to foreigners sympathetic to Nazism.
Z6pp TIL Google will fight to keep sites like The Pirate Bay available in the USA.
XE94R TIL that this mask is called a balaclava, and not just “cheeki breeki mask”, “russian mask”, or “ski mask”.