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TIL that Blue fireworks are the Holy Grail of the pyrotechnic world because the chemistry needs to be absolutely perfect to produce them.

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AD8ex TIL that Walt Disney designed Epcot to be a fully functioning city of the future with over 20,000 inhabitants. The city was to be Disney’s biggest contribution to society but he died from lung cancer before construction began. His ambitious plan was then turned into the theme park we see today.
LZer TIL “Hell is other people,” is a quote from a play called ‘No Exit.’ It actually means that we see what we hate about ourselves in other people and judge ourselves by their reactions. So when you say it, you’re more or less saying, man I’m really an awful person.
d86r9 TIL theres a guy named Oli London who's an insane 'koreaboo' who has spent around £265,000 on plastic surgery to look like Park Jimin from the global K-Pop group BTS and has recently MARRIED a cardboard cut out of his K-Pop idol.
5lrp TIL that the Foo Fighters played an entire tour of fan’s garages in 2011.
OO0R TIL the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that schools delay the start of classes until 8:30 or later, better aligning school schedules with the biological sleep rhythms of adolescents during puberty.