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TIL LEGO has produced 228 unique solid colours since 1949, and 172 of them are now discontinued

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YpOGv TIL of Jose Mujica, the president of Uruguay from 2010-2015, he was known as the "the world's humblest head of state" as he gave away around 90% of his $12,000 monthly salary to charity. He also led an austere lifestyle; he lived on a farm than in the presidential palace and drove a 1987 VW beetle.
b6Yyj TIL that the iconic death's-head hawkmoth from The Silence of the Lambs couldn't be used in filming because it was too cold, so they glued skull decals on tobacco horn worm moths, instead.
e0GKD TIL Bear Grylls survived a free fall from 16,000 feet after his parachute failed to deploy
76wX TIL Maine’s state flower is a pinecone.
yXga TIL that Belgium is building a beer pipeline that will move 1,500 gallons of beer per hour