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TIL that the red juice that comes off of meat actually isn’t blood.

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9w0NG TIL of Li Tobler, an actress and model who dated H.R. Giger and was the inspiration for many of the women in his art.
6EmRm TIL in 1975 Otrag, a West-German company, developed cheap transport rockets. The USSR became nervous, and American corporations concerned about low-cost competitors. American media came to use crude Soviet propaganda to sabotage them, making Otrag evicted from their Congolese base (more in comments)
8akKK TIL Of The Ma’nene Festival: An Odd Tradition Practiced in Indonesia Every Three Years where they dig up their deceased loved ones and dress them up in nice clothes. It’s believed to bring them good luck
vgJr TIL that John Travolta turned down the role of Forrest Gump and lost the roles of Benjamin Button, Maverick in Top Gun, and John Rambo
9wBpB TIL that the CIA considered making a fake Saddam Hussein sex tape.