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TIL the actor in the Xenomorph suit in Aliens never acted in another movie.

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9mP7 TIL Over 2,000 historic Armenian sites were purposely destroyed by the Turkish state between 1923 and 1974; this happened during Turkey’s so-called “secular” era. In addition, a lot of literature was lost: Turks used paper from science books to wrap cheese and dates in the bazaars.
jpaR TIL the Milky Way has several “satellite galaxies”, smaller galaxies that orbit our galaxy like moons to a planet.
wy6M TIL Santa Anna’s prosthetic leg was stolen by the 4th Illinois Infantry & now on display at the Illinois State Military Museum. Later his peg leg was stolen and reportedly used as a bat. Mexico has requested the leg’s return, but the museum refuses.
WkY9 TIL that our universe isn’t old enough for any of our red dwarf stars to have become blue dwarfs yet. So blue dwarfs are still theoretical.
e0aM4 TIL the Banana flavor of candy isn’t fake. It is based on the taste of a type of banana that went nearly extinct in the 1950s.