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TIL that Carl Stalling, the composer behind Bugs Bunny, spent 22 years working every day with a 50-piece orchestra at Warner Bros. Studios. He ultimately scored in excess of 600 cartoons at the rate of one score per week between 1936 and 1958.
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TIL Koshu grapes, a thousand-year-old variety from Japan, have a pinkish-purple skin but produce white wine. Known for their delicate, crisp flavors with citrus and peach notes, they're a perfect match for sushi and are gaining international recognition.
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TIL that some soldiers' wounds began to glow after the battle of Shiloh, and this glow was associated with better survival rates. It's thought to have been caused by an antibiotic-producing bacteria.
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TIL the Catholic Church did not always believe that human life began at conception
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TIL that as a child, the French designer Christian Louboutin, being darker-skinned than the rest of his family, invented his own history of being Egyptian, due to his fascination with Pharaohs. At the age of 50, Louboutin discovered that his biological father was in fact an Egyptian man.