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TIL White and Orange/Yellow Cheddar are the same cheese, except one uses colouring

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XEQA8 TIL denied any art materials, imprisoned artist Ibrahim el-Salahi would secretly tear bags into many pieces and sketch out ideas for huge paintings. He would also secretly sketch and bury small drawings into the sand to maintain his ideas.
OGQyL TIL "Weird Al" Yankovic got his LASIK surgery (to fix his vision so wouldn't need glasses anymore) done on live television. It was captured by KTLA 5 (in the Los Angeles area) in 1998.
78Dap TIL that in the 1950s, Las Vegas embraced its proximity to nuclear testing in Nevada. Hotels and casinos marketed "atomic tourism," hosting rooftop viewing parties where guests could sip "atomic cocktails" while watching mushroom clouds rise from bomb tests just 65 miles away.
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OomlY TIL that Australian billionaire Clive Palmer had a development plan he wanted to keep secret, so the architect jokingly labelled the block of land as "dinosaur park". After newspapers worldwide reported that they were planning to clone dinosaurs, 500 scientists applied to be involved in the process