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TIL Sean Connery agreed to drive himself during the production of Zardoz so that he and the film's writer/director could pocket the £300/day it was costing the film for a car and chauffeur

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gr8R7 TIL Of the Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident. A turbine cover failed, causing the 920-tonne rotor to be ejected in to the turbine hall. 75 people died
xVJd7 TIL about the Cadaver Synod. In 897 Rome, the deceased Pope Formosus was dug up, tried in the Papal Court for "crimes", found guilty, was stripped of Papal title, 3 fingers were cut off and the body buried in a graveyard meant for foreigners. Then it was re-exhumed and thrown in the Tiber River.
Wkeko TIL about glow-in-the-dark kitties. Scientists insert the GFP(green fluorescent protein from jellyfish) gene along with another gene that blocks feline AIDS, into the cat's unfertilized eggs. When the eggs are fertilized, glowing cats are produced, which means that they also have the anti-AIDS gene.
rbky TIL George Washington inoculated his troops against smallpox, reducing a 17% death rate from the disease down to 1%
8a5VK TIL there are more Americans living in Vancouver, BC than there are in Vancouver, WA