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TIL about the Military Entertainment Complex - a branch of the DoD that consults on movies and provides accurate equipment

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oRV1L TIL A lot of early North American's used dried out corn cobs to clean themselves up before toilet paper was invented.
PYDeG TIL that the flash from cameras does not harm artwork. In a 1995 study, the London National Gallery concluded that camera flash is dangerous after measuring the color change in test pigments that were exposed to over 1,000,000 flashes. However, the control group showed the same amount of change.
4XG0g TIL wild blueberries bushes grow naturally in rocky terrain via a dense network of underground rhizomes that helps with nutrient extraction. A controlled field burn in the off-season, traditionally practiced by Native Americans on the Maine coast, enriches the soil and provides pest/weed control.
yQ4Ll TIL that after 2 centuries, historians have not been able to identify Beethoven's Immortal Beloved. 'Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.' Two centuries later, historians still haven't agreed on the identity of the woman who inspired the composer's famed lines.
b6vd4 TIL Eutrophication happens when fertilizer causes algae to grow like crazy in dykes (gutters) alongside agricultural land