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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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P1rgG TIL the video for Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" was filmed with no green screen or VFX. They really took her and the piano out for filming. Her piano and bench were moved using a flatbed truck and a custom-built dolly, and she wore a seat belt under her skirt to secure herself to the bench.
WZOB TIL The biggest squid ever caught weighed an estimated 990 pounds and about 39 feet long. If calamari rings were made from the squid they would be the size of tractor tires
ADpQl TIL that after fyre festival failing miserably and facing a class action lawsuit of $100 million, the company actually threatened legal action against attendees for tweeting negative comments about it.
ANryx TIL Canada prohibits aircraft from flying faster than Mach 1, but made an exception in 2003 for a Concorde’s final fight, from NYC to Seattle. It set a new speed record of 3 hours, 55 minutes, and 2 seconds.
b999 TIL-that “astronaut ice cream” that you see at every science museum store only ever went up with Apollo 8 and the crew denied ever eating it.