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TIL Queen Elizabeth I of England wore lead-based white makeup and wigs to hide scarring from Smallpox

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g9X9 TIL Frank Zappa was so astounded by the success of his song ‘Bobby Brown’ in Scandinavia that he wanted CBS to hire an anthropologist to study why the song became such a big hit.
EgG8W TIL that in order to repay its debt to the IMF, South Korea began a gold collecting campaign in 1998. The three month campaign saw 3.5 million citizens donate 227 tons of gold, worth about $2.13 billion
G6Lg TIL a family of people with blue skin lived in Kentucky for many generations. The Fulgates of Troublesome Creek are thought to have gained their blue skin through combination of inbreeding and a rare genetic condition known as methemoglobinemia.
Br16K TIL There is no federal law against owning and displaying human bones in the US
VBwkG TIL: Shakespeare and Dickens both used the phrase “Dead as a Doornail” in their work. Nails were handmade, super-valuable and often re-used. Doornails were “dead” because they were bent over like staples, making them unable to be used again.