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TIL Pantone 448 C, the "world's ugliest color" according to research, is used by many European countries on their tobacco products to dissuade people from smoking.

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OGxM4 TIL of Ada Blackjack, an Iñupiat woman who lived for two years, 8 months of those years alone, as a castaway on the uninhabited Wrangel Island. She survived by learning to hunt foxes, build boats, and sew parkas out of reindeer skin.
9w8Dp TIL that cheetah's distinctive black tear stripes that run from the eyes to the mouth, protect the eyes from the sun’s glare. It is believed that they have the same function as a rifle scope, helping cheetah to focus on it's prey at a long distance range by minimizing the glare of the sun.
Y99v TIL The most sophisticated bomb ever encountered by the FBI destroyed Harvey’s Wagon Wheel casino in Lake Tahoe in 1980. The device included 28 toggle switches , a float switch, tilt sensor, sensors and spring switches casing screws and joints, and more
P1WOZ TIL Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, changed the spelling of his last name from Remark to recognize his French ancestors and also because he wanted to distance himself from his earlier book, The Dream Room.
a8QKM TIL that in 1572, Tycho Brahe spotted a "new star" that briefly outshone Venus and was seen in daylight. This supernova was exploding around 9,000 light-years away, 300 million times brighter than the Sun, and visible naked-eye for 16 months. It shattered medieval ideas that the stars never change.