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TIL the U.S. federal government has an official color palette

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WkN5d TIL about Zofia Rydet, a Polish photographer who, at age 67, decided to try to shoot the interior of every home in Poland. Over the final 19 years of her life, she shot 20,000 images. She said, "The simplest, most ordinary documentary picture becomes a great truth about human fate."
loyYK TIL the US Army changed sidearms from the .38 to the .45 ACP because a .38 couldn't stop a charging Filipino.
4XxK6 TIL that electric toothbrushes were originally intended to help people with limited motor skills
ANP5w TIL that Red Stripe Jamaican Lager was originally brewed in Galena, Illinois, in the 1930s. The recipe was sold to British investors after the brewer faced financial troubles
nGDW TIL Murder rates were so high during the 1970s and 1980s in Miami, FL that the Dade County Medical Examiner’s Office rented a refrigerated trailer from Burger King to handle the overflow of corpses