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TIL that the iconic photo of a milkman in the Blitz is a fake

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awdmN TIL: Patch Adams only agreed to the 1999 film of his namesake because they promised to help build his hospital. None of the profits from the film was ever given to his foundation, and the film was heavily criticised by Patch Adams himself, saying: "I hate that movie."
rJMW TIL that as of 2013, Bill Gates had personally given US$28 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Gj14 TIL the average color of light in the universe is a shade of beige dubbed “Cosmic Latte”
GYxR4 TIL that the forward speakers in a movie theater are actually behind the screen. The screen has about 5500 tiny perforations to allow the sound through. Typically there are speakers left, center, and right to better represent the sound source from on screen out to the audience.