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TIL there are 9.63 million millionaires in the U.S. alone.

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glPb TIL-When Walt Disney was making Snow White as the first full length animated cartoon there were concerns that the “bright colors of the animations may damage people’s eyesight”.
lKj5 TIL George Clooney suffered from Bell’s Palsy while he was in middle school. It only lasted for a year, but he was relentlessly harassed and heckled by his classmates.
45Da TIL that blue Smarties were not removed from circulation for making kids hyper, but instead because when Nestle were replacing artificial dyes with natural ones, no natural dye could be found which would make smarties blue
e0bQ4 TIL that Kobe Bryant helped develop the first prototypes of Hypervolt Pro, a massage gun which has become popular with pro athletes over the past several years. It allows players to treat their muscles while resting on the bench during the game.
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