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TIL Stargate was the first film to have an official dedicated website, in 1994

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R5LL4 TIL there are numerous seaslugs that can perform photosynthesis, through a process known as kleptoplasty.
ANQJw TIL about Garry Hoy. A Canadian Lawyer who tried to demonstrate that skyscraper windows at his law firm were in fact unbreakable by slamming himself into a window in front of a group of students. The Window frame gave way and he fell 24 floors to his death. The glass did not break.
b6PyE TIL That Puppet’s Theme from FNAF 2 was sampled a Clock Toy from the very first episode of Baby Einstein (1997)
gMaXL TIL It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion.
Zp90R TIL that despite the second X chromosome being thought of as totally inactivated in XX cells, ~15% of genes escape silencing. These same genes are present on the Y chromosome, ensuring they are always bi-allelically expressed.