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TIL Ancient Greek sculptures were originally painted bright colors; they only appear white today because the original pigments have deteriorated

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b9GN0 TIL the 1987 film Wall Street is the only film to ever win both an Academy Award and a Golden Raspberry Award.
R7y74 TIL The Hudson Bay Company sold land comprising about a quarter of the continent to Canada in 1869 for $1.5 million. The inhabiting indigenous peoples were handed over to Canada like "a flock of sheep".
aEDy TIL Joseph Grimaldi, the first modern clown (to perform in white facepaint), was a depressed alcoholic who attempted suicide by poison but only gave himself stomach cramps
e0ygD TIL only 13% of Singaporeans can speak their national language, Malay. This also means that 87% cannot understand their own national anthem, which is in Malay! Instead, they speak an English-based creole known as Singlish.
wKNJ TIL in the 80s, DC’s New Guardians comic featured a villain named the Hemo-Goblin; a white supremacist vampire who drank AIDS-infested blood and bit black people.