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TIL Bob Ross was missing a finger due to a woodworking accident in his youth. In The Joy of Painting, he hid it by holding his palette in the hand with the missing finger.

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KOQGB TIL, China is responsible for the majority of plastic waste in the ocean, the Yangtze alone dumps 1.5 million metric tons into the Yellow Sea per year.
MeYyB TIL Stuffed pizza came along in Chicago 1974 when Nancy's and Giordano's both opened their doors. They claim that their recipes came from old family recipes from Italy of scarciedda or Easter pies.
pRQO TIL there is a programming language called ArnoldC based entirely around Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes
GYGxg TIL that every single Presidential Election since 1964 has had a larger turnout of women-voters than men-voters. In other words, women have decided every single president since John F Kennedy, including the current one.
lk0r TIL the most dangerous job in the United States is that of the logger, with 110 deaths per 100,000