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TIL that the tradition of brides wearing white at their weddings started with Queen Victoria in 1840

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NN7P TIL that Tsar Peter the Great of Russia learned shipbuilding at a dock in Amsterdam after disguising himself as a common craftsman and worked on constructing the ships himself.
x9dB TIL there’s a real life Russian ghost ship floating around in the Atlantic ocean named the Lyubov Orlova
d8ANK TIL that while on earth we enjoy blue skies and red sunsets the opposite is true for Mars. On the red planet rust coloured skies will give way to blue sunsets.
M7NK TIL that the original Mortal Kombat game was conceived as a fighting game based on Jean-Claude Van Damme. The creators wanted him to star in it, but he had a prior deal with the Sega Genesis platform. The creators then made the character Johnny Cage based on JCVD’s appearance in the movie Bloodsport
PYZYn TIL the movie 'Dallas Buyers Club' won an Oscar for best hair and makeup despite only having a $250 budget for it all.