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TIL about "ICD-10: V97.33XD," which is a medical billing code for surviving being sucked into a jet engine... twice

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6EJoJ TIL that Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster) wore face paint that was actually a bright violet color because it captured the most light on the black-and-white film.
R7Qb7 TIL the brain of a squid is a toroid (donut shaped) and the esophagus passes through the brain
XEAX6 TIL about Gladys West, a black woman who was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame earlier this month for creating a precise mathematical model of the Earth in the 1980's that would be critical for the development of GPS technology.
mxEMR TIL a long-lost Rembrandt painting was found in a basement in New Jersey. It was initially valued by a local auction house at $800, who were unaware of its true value. But numerous art buffs recognised its true value, resulting in it selling for $870,000 ($1.1 million with the sale premium).
loAxV TIL: According to Dan Aykroyd 80 percent of the dialogue of Ghostbusters was improv. "The rest was just structure and exposition."