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TIL that "Lenna", cropped from the centerfold of the November 1972 issue of Playboy depicting Lena Forsén, is a standard test image used in the field of digital image processing

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PYbgV TIL that a bill was almost passed that would have imported hippos into the United States to be farmed for meat, but was barely rejected on the concern that they might no taste good.
8aOpX TIL that guitar god Eddie Van Halen once did a soundtrack for a porn movie
ee4 TIL Michael Jackson has a patent for the Smooth Criminal dance move
Maem TIL Danny Elfman came up with the theme to ‘Batman’ on a flight from London but since he couldn’t write music he kept running to the bathroom to record himself on a tape recorder whenever he had a new idea, causing the flight attendants to think he was a junkie
epdg TIL Bayer sold millions of $ of blood-clotting medicine for hemophiliacs with a high risk of transmitting AIDS to Asia & Latin America in the mid-80s, while selling safer product in the West.