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TIL that the saliva pouring from the aliens mouth in Alien (1979) is KY jelly, and the tendons in its jaws are shredded condoms

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worlY TIL despite being known as the highest honor of the U.S. military, the Medal of Honor has also been awarded to foreign soldiers. Following WW1, congress passed a law awarding the honor to the unknown soldiers of Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, and Romania.
K0BR TIL to save workers time for lunch on the new World Trade Center Building they installed a mobile Subway restaurant they moved up the building as they finished each floor.
X0gyD TIL physicist Ludwig Boltzmann also taught philosophy and his lectures on the subject became so popular that the Austrian Emperor invited him for a reception. He suffered from bipolar disorder and died by suicide at 62. His tombstone bears the inscription of his own entropy formula: S = k*log W.
0d8ov TIL that in the late 80s U.S. ranchers were paying a fortune to become ostrich farmers. But South Africa noticed the U.S. ostrich boom and in 1993 started supplying ostriches for the U.S. market. This increase in supply led to lower ostrich prices, causing U.S. ostrich farmers to lose tons of money.
6ajw TIL the most senior officer to survive the Titanic also participated in evacuating soldiers off the coast of Dunkirk