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TIL that Color-Changing Inks Can Be Printed onto Clothing to Warn the Wearer About Potential Health Issues

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7Ayr TIL Robin Williams voiced The Genie in “Aladdin” for $75,000. He agreed to the job provided that his name or image not be used for marketing, and his (supporting) character not take more than 25% of space on advertising artwork. Disney went back on both promises to ensure box office success.
N4G8 TIL its possible to scramble an egg while its still in the shell, thus creating a golden egg!
a885N TIL that until 2001 it was legal for Austrian farmers from the Vorarlberg region, to blow up deceased cows on mountains. This was done to avoid transporting them by helicopter which would've cost about 1500$ more in today's money.
b9e80 TIL that during the naval Battle of Tsushima in 1905, the Japanse fleet kept firing on the surrendering Russian ships as the Japanse code books didn't contain the signal for "surrender"
QNyKd TIL that Roman philosopher Augustine of Hippo argued that the Biblical Genesis Narrative of God creating the world in seven days was false because the best science of the time suggested that the world was created in one day.