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TIL the accumulation of gunk between your toes is call Toe Jam

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690Mw TIL Neptune is not blue in colour, instead it's pale greenish-blue, as is Uranus. The original photos of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 in 1980s had been enhanced to highlight it's atmospheric features. Over time the captions of this changes were left out and blue became the defining colour of Neptune.
dD6rB TIL the UN & Survival International estimate that 100-200 uncontacted tribes (up to 10,000 individuals total) currently exist in the world. A majority of these live in South America with Brazil & National Geographic estimating that between 77-84 tribes reside in northern Brazil alone.
7rbZM TIL Jurassic Park almost had a sequel cartoon series in 1994
xvL5 TIL Robin Williams only made $75,000 for voicing the Genie in Aladin, which went on to gross over $200 million domestically. “Disney later sent him a late Picasso painting as a way of thanking him for his work.”
AGgx TIL Pakistan once tried to ban the words mango, lavender, athlete’s foot, Wuutang and pud (among others) from being sent via text message due to “obscenity”