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TIL that U.S. states used to conduct their own censuses.

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ne4p9 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.
GAvZG TIL that news anchors in Turkmenistan, both men and women, were prevented from wearing any make-up after the former president discovered he was unable to tell the difference between them when presenters wore it.
naDb TIL… In 1977, a 23-year old graduate student stumbled upon a compound with effects similar to heroin. He made a bunch and shared it with his friends to get high, except the batch he made was contaminated with a toxic byproduct that left them all with debilitating Parkinson’s Disease within a week.
JYARm TIL: An observational study of hand washing after toilet use at an Infectious Disease conference found that compliance with hand hygiene after toilet visits was 84% for conference participants, 75% for members of the public, and only 46% for hospital staff.
m1YYv TIL that automatic car washes can damage your vehicle’s paint job in as little as one wash by leaving ‘swirl marks’ in the paint.