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TIL that in addition to temperature control, spacesuits are white so astronauts are easier to spot against the darkness of space

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WkGjo TIL that Stephen Ambrose (Band of Brothers) probably lied about interviewing Dwight Eisenhower for the books that first made Ambrose’s name
9wNyp TIL that the movie 'Nosferatu' is likely the original source of the notion that sunlight kills vampires.
4pQ5 TIL the UK has a bigger population than the combination of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, despite being less than 2% of their total size (by area)
BDoK TIL Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary wrote a massive screenplay in 1987 called ‘The Open Road’, which would later get split into two separate screenplays called 'True Romance’ and 'Natural Born Killers’.
e08A4 TIL of the “Rainbow Party” oral sex urban legend from the early 2000’s that made it as far as featuring on the Oprah Winfrey show