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TIL ABBA's costumes were designed by Owe Sandström in close consultation with the bandmembers and ABBA producer Stig Anderson. The only costume Stig was not entirely satisfied with was Agnetha's white stretch jumpsuit in the Mamma Mia clip, as it received more attention than the song

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LQ6vQ TIL in 1972 a note left in a locker at JFK Airport demanded payment or bombs would go off on 4 TWA planes leaving that day. Police found one bomb but cleared the other TWA flights. The next day a bomb exploded on a TWA plane at McCarran Airport in Vegas - it was one of the planes cleared to leave NY
Meryb Today I learned Jennifer Jason Leigh's father was an actor who was killed, along with two child actors, in a horrific helicopter accident while filming a Twilight Zone episode.
wxPW Today I learned that the Appalachian Mountains are thought to be the oldest in the entire world. They also hold the 2nd oldest river, the New River.
1MkW TIL That lobsters can be various colours due to the pigment astaxanthin, being blue or yellow after binding with some proteins. About 1 in 2 million lobsters are blue and 1 in 30 million are yellow. However, the rarest is a white lobster, with the chances of seeing one only being 1 in 100 million.
9wZ6D TIL Researchers found that cows produced 3 percent more milk when they were played slow music, like Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral Symphony as opposed to more upbeat tunes.