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TIL that we use Green-and Blue-Screen instead of Red because there is no blue or green pigment in our skin.

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7rxV7 TIL that there was a Soviet spy in Congress from 1923 to 1945. Congressman Samuel Dickstein of New York was a paid agent of the NKVD, the precursor to the KGB. While in Congress, Dickstein helped to establish an "un-American activities" committee, which he used to attack suspected communists.
awlOJ TIL homicide levels in medieval England were at least 10 times what they are today.
Ryya TIL that James Earl Jones once used the handle “Darth Vader” while traveling across the country and spoke in character to truck drivers on the CB radio. It freaked them out and he had to stop.
6E1X7 TIL cattle in the United States are often fed chicken excrement (once cow can eat up to 3 tons of it every year) because it is cheaper than feeding them hay, grass, alfalfa, etc.
wL5Z1 TIL there exists a kind of garlic called "solo garlic" which doesn't have separate cloves but is just one solid piece.