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TIL: Hidden Valley really is the original ranch dressing… and it’s owned by Clorox.

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9wQlr TIL, Contrary to what I was taught in school - The Great Wall of China is NOT visible from the moon or space in general. At best, it is visible from the low orbits under very favorable weather conditions. Some other earthly structures, e.g., desert roads, have much higher visibility from space.
J1r78 TIL of Pre-Code Hollywood, a period between the invention of sound in films and creation of the MPA, which produced socially-progressive and anti-capitalist films in the 1920s before Republican & Catholic-led censorship
W769 TIL just how historically inaccurate Braveheart actually was. Prince Edward II (by then the king) didn’t marry Isabella of France until 3 years after William Wallace was hung, drawn, and quartered. She was 13 years old.
Pwwg TIL that during the Chelsea-Charlton match of 1937 on boxing day, there was thick fog and the match had to be stopped. The Charlton keeper stayed on the pitch for 15 more minutes without knowing, until a policeman found and informed him.
wL1V8 TIL: Despite having a lower rate of smoking, the United States has a 10x higher rate of lung cancer than Japan.