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TIL Rolex designs the Greenroom at the Oscars

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ODmR TIL Mithridates IV was paranoid of being poisoned so he took small doses throughout his life to build up an immunity. When he was finally captured by the Romans, he tried to kill himself with poison but couldn’t because he was immune.
1ayZW TIL that there is a 3rd musical clef called the alto clef that isn't used often. Its only used for a viola and sometimes a cello and a trombone
KYbyw TIL the classic board game Risk was invented by Albert Lamorisse, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker.
0d841 TIL that Julia “Butterfly” Hill, an environmental activist, lived in a 1500-year-old California redwood tree named Luna, 180 feet (55 mm) off the ground for 738 days to prevent Pacific Lumber Company from chopping it down. Her efforts were successful in saving the tree.
XEyQD [TIL] Michael Jackson was so absorbed in writing “Billie Jean” on a ride home from the studio one day that he didn’t even notice his car was on fire. A passing motorcyclist alerted him.