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TIL A Canadian makeup developer helped Crayola create "Colors of the World" crayons that are meant to accurately reflect human skin tones. He pared down the 40 shades he had created for Cover FX to 24 distinct colors that kids can use to draw themselves

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x6VAb TIL that aside from preventing hair from falling into food, a chef’s hat also indicates their rank among the kitchen staff. Traditionally the taller the hat, the higher the rank.
EneP TIL Sandra Bullock’s highest rated film is Speed, whereas her lowest rated film is Speed 2
x64Vo Today I learned people can own colors. The ‘blackest’ black: How a color controversy sparked a years-long art feud | CNN
7rGpr TIL During WWII, the British housed captured Nazi generals in country estates which were secretly bugged. They were invited to garden parties, lunches at the Strand in central London and were each given servants. It was so extravagant that an outraged Churchill ordered the "pampering" to stop
4XmKa TIL Michael Caine legally changed his name because he got sick of airport security delays caused by his passport bearing his birth name, Maurice Micklewhite. It took him until he was 83 years old to get wound up enough.