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TIL Sunscreen is designed to filter UV rays and prevent sunburn, but will not prevent the production of melanin, meaning that your skin will tan

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1a4n4 TIL: About Andy Warhol's failed assassin, Valeri Solanas. A radical who called for the elimination of the male sex to create a Utopia for women. She shot Warhol in the liver, spleen, lungs, and stomach and he was required to wear a corset for the rest of his life.
JEwB TIL that comedy film Airplane! is a direct parody of 1957 movie Zero Hour! Many scenes, situations, lines of dialogue, as well as the entire storyline, are redone almost verbatim
Xy4Q TIL that in 2013, scientists were able to plant and grow an extinct tree from 2000 year old seeds
6dAQ TIL the Asian “flush” raises a red flag for increased cancer risk
yVPdX TIL about Floyd Allen from Carroll County, VA who was sentenced to one year in jail. Rather than go to jail, Allen and his family pulled out guns in the courthouse and killed the Judge, the sheriff, the prosecutor and 2 others in a violent shoot out. Allen was later executed for his escape attempt.