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TIL the music video for Linkin Park's first single "One Step Closer" was directed by a porn director

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x65lB TIL Subway Used the Enzyme Azodicarbonamide in Certain Bread Recipes to Create Air Bubbles, a Method Often Used in Yoga Mats and Shoe Soles That Is Banned in Europe and Australia. They Stopped Using it in 2014 After a Petition Got Over 50k Signatures, Putting Pressure on Subway to Make the Change.
DQApV TIL Dark Horse Comics had to cancel several titles in the 1990’s including their CGW title as the comic industry was glutted & imploded in the 1990’s. However, they were saved by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ghost in the Shell, Frank Miller’s Sin City & 300 !
X0plP TIL that Japan has over 14,000 islands
0dPaM TIL that every element burns with a different color flame. Spectroscopy, study of these colors, has shown that the same elements exist all over the Universe.
7r7Ax TIL that the Faroe Islands between Iceland and Denmark debuted ‘SheepView 360’ in 2016 to encourage people to tour the island virtually. Cameras were strapped to the backs of sheep (which twice outnumber the number of human inhabitants) and you can follow sheep all around the islands!