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TIL about ColorADD - A system of symbols designed to help colourblind people distinguish colours

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N7NL8 TIL that 3 residents of the Greek island Lesbos in 2008, tried to ban the use of the word ‘Lesbian’. They felt it insulted their identity, as they believed the term described their own origins. They lost and had to pay court fees of €230.
oBxMo TIL that the opening scene of Zoolander (the awards ceremony) was actually filmed during the commercial breaks at the real-life 2000 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards.
5Ya8r TIL, In 1996 movie Evita, Madonna & Antonio Banderas were seen talking, arguing and dancing together. In historical events, Eva Peron & Che Guevara never met in real life.
9YYVX TIL: if you hold your nose while sneezing you increase you chances of rupturing your ear drum, breaking a blood vessel in your eye, weaken a blood vessel in your brain, and / or cause injury to your diaphragm
Rnw4 TIL the airspeed velocity of an unladen european swallow is 24 mph, or 40 km/h