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TIL the color orange is named after the fruit. Before that in Europe the color was referred to as red-yelllow

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VMYJ0 TIL of Magic the Miniature Therapy horse, who routinely visited hospital patients needing comfort. She visited one patient who had not spoken for three years; Upon seeing the horse, she said ‘Isn’t she beautiful?’ It caused the staff to break out in tears
yNdJ TIL that Anthony Bourdain, after trying such delicacies as sheep testicle, seal eyeball, and cobra, said the most disgusting thing he’s ever eaten was a Chicken McNugget.
9kMD TIL In 2006, Terry Gilliam (Monty Python member and director) renounced his American citizenship. As a result, Gilliam is only permitted to spend 30 days per year in the United States.
9w7X6 TIL: Toni Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey" was a cover of a song called ‘Kitty’ by the UK group Racey, from 1979.
Lk4OQ TIL even after everything The Beatles accomplished and releasing 12 albums, George Harrison was only 26-years-old when the band split in early 1970