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TIL that "A Quiet Place" was edited on mute for over a month, and the first two cuts of the film were done with absolutely no sound.

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1mk7 TIL that there was a religion in medieval Europe called Cathar. It was a splinter of Christianity, and they held beliefs such as women and men being equal and homosexuality being tolerated.
v1bLR TIL phages (a group of viruses) were supposed to be studied as antibacterial agents in human medicine, but were cut short by the discovery of penicillin shortly after. With today's increasingly drug-resistant bacteria, phages are being considered once again.
N7mM1 TIL the Voyager I and II space probes, which are currently racing through interstellar space, each include a golden record with 115 analog-encoded photographs, greetings in 55 languages, a 12-minute montage of sounds on Earth and 90 minutes of music (including Chuck Berry's 'Johnny B. Good')
0lrN TIL of the “Corned Beef Controversy” When Astronaut John Young Smuggled a Corned Beef Sandwich Aboard the First Manned Gemini Space Flight
7rOWX TIL Only about 7,100 cheetahs are left in the wild on Earth. The current number is down from an estimated 100,000 at the end of the 19th century.