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TIL the sky looks blue because gases and particles in the air scatter light from the sun and shorter blue wavelength light is scattered more than other wavelengths, so we see more of the blue than other colors. Sunsets are more atmosphere scattering most of the blue so you see more reds and yellows

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WkB98 TIL that John Cassavetes, Peter Falk & Ben Gazzara appeared quite drunk on The Dick Cavett show. They were promoting their movie "Husbands" and basically tormented Cavett for 35 minutes while flopping around, smoking and just being plain old asses. Link to clip in the comments.
1Y7D TIL the Law & Order sound is trademarked, and described as “two musical notes, a strike and a rapid rearticulation of a perfect fifth pitch interval, which in the key of C sounds the notes C and G, struck concurrently”
1Mr TIL That the Great Wall of China is also known as “The Longest Cemetary On Earth” because it is filled with bodies of the workers who died during its erection
l7eMa TIL that after William Shepherd became an astronaut, a rumor spread that during a NASA interview, the Navy SEAL answered a question on what he did best by saying "kill people with knives". Shepherd refused to confirm or deny, saying that "it's too good a story".
KOy7a TIL Gerbils are illegal as pets in California due to its climate being so similar to the gerbil's natural desert habitat that state officials are concerned that gerbils who escape or are released into the wild could establish feral colonies