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TIL Prior to Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin wrote incredibly freaky Science Fiction, including the very unsettling ‘Sandkings,’ first published in OMNI then later made into an Outer Limits episode.

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OGVMY TIL that a day on Planet Venus is a little longer than a year. One year in Venus translates to about 224.70 Earth days, and during this time the planet experiences only two sunrises and two sunsets.
MeYk8 TIL of the Jewish Golden Age which flourished under Muslim rule in Andalusia (Spain) in the 8th and 9th century where many Jewish Scientists, Philosophers, Poets and Travellers lived.
NXGXb TIL Aluminum cans have a plastic liner on the inside
Mr8A TIL that the 1977 University of Evansville Men’s Basketball Team was killed in a plane crash. One player didn’t make the trip due to an illness. He was killed in a car wreck 2 weeks later.
EYow TIL that the No Child Left Behind Act was responsible for canceling the TV show Reading Rainbow.