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TIL that peeling scotch tape in vacum generates enough x-ray to image a human finger

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bYM4 TIL purple cloth was rare in medieval Europe partially because blue and red dyes were made by separate guilds and use of another guild’s color was forbidden
aw5ZJ TIL 'Red Cross' goes by Red Crescent in most of the Islamic countries as the Ottomans deemed the 'Cross' offensive to their religious sensibilities despite it being derived from the Swiss Flag . In 1983 the name of the organization was changed to "International Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement"
9wEo7 TIL Rapper 50 Cent once dropped 54 pounds in order to better portray a cancer patient in a movie. The film, "All Things Fall Apart", was straight-to-video.
x6nZ7 TIL that capsule hotels in Japan have been used by Japanese salaried workers who are too drunk to return home safely, who have missed the last train of the day to make a return trip home due to working late hours, or who are too embarrassed to face their spouses.
lovA7 TIL that between 1871 and 1885 Marianne North, a Victorian biologist, and botanical painter painted in oil over 800 paintings while visiting 17 countries on 6 continents. Towards the end of her life, she presented her life's work - 832 paintings - to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.