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yQR9a TIL The use of barber's pole dates back to the middle ages. The barbers used to perform surgery on customers, therefore the colored stripes indicated that they were prepared to bleed their patients (red), set bones or pull teeth (white), or give a shave if nothing more urgent was needed (blue).
4XPDg TIL The Ciabatta was created in 1982 by a baker in Verona, Veneto, Italy, in response to the popularity of French baguettes.
4Xbb5 TIL that’s the pilot of Gilligan’s Island was filmed on the day of JFK’s assassination. Even after hearing this news, they continued filming and when they shot the Minnow’s departure scene, all the flags were at halfmast
nWkVP TIL that Founding Father Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay about farts.
BQ5d TIL Duncan Jones’ “Moon” is the first film in a planned trilogy