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TIL The Windows 10 background with the blue lasers are real lasers through real windows. Not computer generated!

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X0JJ8 TIL that by suppressing the expression of certain genes specifically for beak development, scientists were able to grow a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout instead of a beak
po18 TIL Samuel L. Jackson called the free porn site RedTube the “greatest pop culture achievement of the last 50 years” during an Avengers Q&A. The quip outraged several adult film stars, who viewed the remark as an endorsement to steal porn.
DV6J TIL: The first person to command a fleet of Roman ships in the Mediterranean messed up so badly they added “the ass” to his name.
m1r7M TIL While in school, Rod Sterling tested experimental parachutes for the Army. He even earned $1,000 testing a new ejection seat that had previously claimed three lives!
eploL TIL that Chihuahuas were raised and sold as food by the Aztecs.