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TIL that Harvard has a pigment library where the sources of rare colors are stored. These sources include ground shells of now extinct insects, poisonious metals, and wrappings from Egyptian mummies.

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6EKxm TIL about the bristol stool chart. A 7 pronged classification system for poop developed by Dr KW Heaton in 1997, formerly Reader in Medicine at the University of Bristol.
5V5e9 TIL Whitney Houston had a production company called BrownHouse, which produced films like The Princess Diaries and The Cheetah Girls
j6GZn TIL studies show that experiencing Déjà vu is more likely to occur in individuals with more education, travel experience, and liberal attitudes. It also greatly diminishes as a person ages.
b6m67 TIL the Japanese doctor on the ¥1000 banknote was buried (rather than cremated) in New York (rather than Japan)
YpdKv TIL the United States occupied Japan from the end of WWII in 1945 to April of 1952, but the island of Iwo Jima was not returned to Japan until 1968.