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TIL that barns are actually red because in the late 1700s, Farmers began experimenting with ways to make their own protective paint with lime, red iron oxide, and skimmed milk with linseed oil which kept the barn warm during wintertime.

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JYjgj TIL about the hidden Beijing Underground City a 35 sq mile cold war era bomb shelter designed to hold 6mil people
BdKW TIL: Printed dates on food are not required by the FDA and are not intended to mean food safety, only quality. An avg family of 4 throws out 1,344 lbs of perfectly good food each year bc of the misconception of the meaning of these dates
lWjV TIL In London, it’s cheaper to live in Madrid and commute via plane four days a week than it is to live in the capital.
JYZDV TIL that in the late 1940s a team of American scientists infected 1,308 unwitting people in Guatemala with gonorrhea and syphilis. At least 83 died.
W7eNX TIL the first “Blackhawk” helicopter was the Sikorsky S-67, a tandem seat attack helicopter with a compartment to transport 8 troops, and short wings that held ordinance. A design that would later be seen on the Russian Mi-24 Hind.