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TIL that 34% of tourists to the UK come to visit the sets of their favourite TV show in a form of holidaying known as "set-jetting".

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69BbX TIL That Margaret Mitchell author of Gone with the Wind was killed due to a drunk speeding driver While Margaret was on her way to see a movie.
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.
0dbrA TIL in 2005, three lions rescued a girl of 12 kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off her abductors and protecting her until she was rescued by Ethiopian police.
9Ow7 TIL there is a sport call Archery Tag that is basically like dodgeball, but with foam-tipped arrows.
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