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TIL green screens are green because it doesn’t match any natural skin tone of the actor so no part of them will be accidentally edited out.

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Rkol TIL an egg yolk is a single cell
x6eZk TIL as recently as 2011, Dr Pepper ran an ad campaign with the slogan “Dr Pepper: IT’S NOT FOR WOMEN”. There was even a Facebook page that only men could access, where men would shoot at “girlie” things like flowers and rainbows.
N7YO6 TIL To combat Exploding Casket Syndrome where some caskets literally explode due to buildup of methane gas manufacturers added "burpers" to their sealer caskets, gaskets that release — or "burp" out — accumulated gases as a preventative measure.
rNmRe TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer.
ZNmB TIL Gwyneth Paltrow thinks it’s a good idea to stick jade eggs up your vagina.