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TIL the founder of The North Face died of hypothermia

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wLARY TIL why the sky is blue. White light (which is made up of all the colors) comes from the sun, and hits our atmosphere, which breaks it apart. Blue light has a higher frequency than most other colors, so it scatters much faster, filling our skies.
9Yor TIL Matt Groening was once strip searched in airport security. As he was led away, a little boy laughed at him like Nelson from The Simpsons. Groening found the mockery the worst part of the incident
a8jpJ TIL when a pope dies, the cardinal camerlengo confirms the death by gently tapping the pope's head thrice with a silver hammer, calling his birth name each time. He then retrieves the Ring of the Fisherman and cuts it in two. The pope's seals are defaced, and his personal apartment is sealed.
4YAa TIL Young people in Japan are not just having enough sex and this is a huge concern for the government.
vJxr TIL that Oliver Cromwell was disinterred in 1661 for a “posthumous execution.” His decapitated head was passed around between collectors and museum owners until finally being re-buried in 1960.