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TIL from the 1930’s to the 50’s, film studios used pure white asbestos fibers to replicate the look of snow. It was used in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the famous snow scene at the end of Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas.’ Brands of asbestos fake snow included ‘White Magic’ ‘Snow Drift’ and ‘Pure White.’

KOYQ4 First, it's important to know that the big bang wasn't an explosion of matter into empty space—it was the rapid expansion of space itself. This means that every single point in the universe appears to be at the center. Think of the universe as an empty balloon with dots on it. Those dots represent clusters of galaxies. As the balloon inflates, every dot moves farther away from every other dot.
Xbk8 TIL the sound Hypnotoad from Futurama makes is a recording of a turbine engine played backwards.
08PM TIL a couple in Japan on their morning walk stumbled upon a life-sized sex doll wrapped in plastic they mistook for a corpse. It was not until later that afternoon when police pathologists cut open the wrapping that they realised it was not a real body.
oBoRW TIL Baby Owls Sleep Face Down As Their Heads Are Too Heavy
awlnA TIL of John Mosbys Sack, a lost treasure buried in rural Virgina. In 1863 Confederate Colonel Mosby and his men snuck into the Fairfax VA county courthouse and got away with $350,000 in gold silver jewelry and heirlooms. He buried the sack between 2 large trees after the raid where it remains hidden