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TIL that adding a trace of blue dye to laundry, called “bluing,” actually makes the whites appear whiter. It is a technique also used on white hair, thus “blue haired old ladies.”

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Gm7j TIL that Sean Baker, a Military Policeman at Guantanamo Bay, was ordered to impersonate a prisoner in a secret training mission for US Soldiers to practice extracting uncooperative inmates from their cells. He was beaten so hard he suffered from major seizures caused by traumatic brain injury.
BgV6d TIL McDonald’s was accused of using NORAID to covertly fund the Provisional IRA. The source of these rumors was eventually traced to a CNN talk show that praised NORAID for its generous IRAs.
4XQlb TIL The first 500,000 units of the Playstation 3 came with a Blu Ray of Talladega Nights a month before its release.
oBNGK TIL the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition in the 20s and 30s, killing over 10,000 people.
EpBo TIL in the first Futurama episode “Space Pilot 3000”, Nibbler’s shadow can be seen when Fry falls into the cryonic tube.