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TIL every Texas Roadhouse has a corner dedicated to Willie Nelson

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rR95w TIL In 1966 Ronald Reagan wrote to JellyBelly, saying "We owe you a special measure of thanks for helping keep our state government running smoothly." "It's gotten to the point...where we can hardly start a meeting or make a decision without passing around a jar of jelly beans."
690Mw TIL Neptune is not blue in colour, instead it's pale greenish-blue, as is Uranus. The original photos of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 in 1980s had been enhanced to highlight it's atmospheric features. Over time the captions of this changes were left out and blue became the defining colour of Neptune.
b6Wg4 TIL Melissa McCarthy based her “Bridesmaids” character on The Food Network’s Guy Fieri. She even tried to convince the producers to let her wear short, white, spiky hair- but they denied that request, determining that as a bridge too far for the similarities.
YpJvG TIL that Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence explicitly condemned slavery. The Continental Congress insisted on removing these passages before the document was published.
bJla TIL the iconic march in “The Bridge On The River Kwai” was whistled because the WW2 lyrics “Hitler has only got one ball” were considered too vulgar.