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TIL actually we don’t know the color of dinosaurs!

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lb1K TIL that prescription bottles are typically orange or light brown because those colors prevent ultraviolet light from degrading the potentially photosensitive contents through photochemical reactions, while still letting enough visible light through for the contents to be easily visible
Y7KxW TIL: Entrepreneur Li Bo built the first sex doll brothel in China and had thousands of guests. It cost $15-57/ hour and features rooms like prison cells, hospitals, and classrooms. It made national headlines, but was shut down 3 years later by law enforcement. Criticisms involved sanitary concerns
p8ZnA TIL of an all-female Anti-Poaching Unit in South Africa called Black Mambas. They reduced the number of incidents of snaring and poaching by as much as 76 percent
JY45l TIL There are 11 musicians who have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. They are Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Brenda Lee, Floyd Cramer, and Sam Phillips.
bAJ0 TIL A Russian MIG Pilot defected during the cold war along with his aircraft. When he arrived in the USA he was convinced the CIA had specially stocked the grocery stores he went to because he couldn’t believe the vast array of products for sale.