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

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vo9B TIL ‘This Land is Your Land’ by Woody Guthrie was written as a counter to 'God Bless America’. There was even socialist style verse that has been removed from the modern version
Ag84 TIL in Canada apologizing for something cannot be used against you in court as an admission of guilt thanks to the Apology Act.
NlxP TIL that since 1989, six-pack rings have been manufactured to be 100 percent photo-degradable, so the plastic will begin to disintegrate in just a few days, allowing animals to easily free themselves from the brittle and crumbling rings.
ydEJ TIL A third of generated electricity is lost, simply because of the thermal properties of steel.
ZMWG TIL In 2008, Doritos beamed a 30 second advertisement towards a planetary system 42 light years away.