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TIL that the prescription bottles are orange because it restricts the amount of light entering the bottle, and it’s not green or brown because that ruins visibility of the pills.

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D1ZKr TIL of Wei Jie. A frail youth who lived in 3rd Century AD China, he was considered to be so beautiful that hordes of admirers mobbed him/his home all day, which caused him to die of stress. "Wei Jie died of stares" is now a Chinese idiom describing celebrities who have very obsessive fandoms.
JBP4 TIL Hugo Jaeger, Hitler’s personal photographer and loyal follower, hid away his color photograph to avoid prosecution, then sold them to Life Magazine for a profit in 1955.
aGwZ TIL the reverse staple is used as a temporary staple when you need things stapled together, but know they will soon need to be taken apart again.
KkBw TIL Bill Gates bought Q-DOS for $50K, renamed it MS-DOS then sold it to IBM with a $3 per computer royalty
171V TIL that under US federal law, you change age the day before your birthday. So unless state law specifies “21st birthday,” as opposed to “21 years of age,” you can legally drink the day before your 21st birthday.