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TIL Fraggle Rock was HBO’s first original series

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QNrM9 TIL that reindeer eyes change colour with the seasons. Reindeer eyes are golden in the summer and a vivid blue in the winter. This is due to physiological changes in the eye caused by pupil dilation in response to the Arctic's extremely low light conditions.
4X10w TIL that when filming Forrest Gump, director Robert Zemeckis sent set designers to his old college so Forrest's dorm could look just like the one Zemeckis stayed in.
KYKMa TIL - jurors reward the good-looking, penalize the unbeautiful
O9mL TIL in TRON, Jeff Bridges had too much of a bulge in the crotch area of his computer outfit that he had to wear a dance belt to conceal it.
xLR0 TIL of Shavarsh Karapetyan, a world champion swimmer who after finishing his routine 12 mile run heard a bus crash into a lake. He then swam down 33 ft and one by one saved 20 passengers. After receiving multiple wounds, he was in a coma for 46 days, which subsequently ended his professional career.