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TIL of the color Mummy Brown. First made in the 16th and 17th centuries, this rich brown pigment was created by mixing both human and feline mummy crumbles with white pitch and myrrh.

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W5Y9 TIL Shakira speaks 7 languages, founded Fundación Pies Descalzos (which aims to take education to children in a situation of risk all over Colombia and Latin America) when she was 18 and partnered with UNICEF’s work for children
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