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TIL The paint colour Suffolk Pink was first created by adding berries to white wash and also using pig's blood to thicken the paint.

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Ypexv TIL John Edward H. Rulloff has the second largest brain ever recorded. He was a doctor, lawyer, photographer, inventor, school master, philologist, phrenologist, and carpet designer. He was also a serial killer. In jail he wrote a book on the evolution of language and was allowed to teach students.
8MNX TIL that a 55 gal steel drum can be crushed like a tin can by heating it and then cooling it with ice water
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