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TIL there is a live HD feed from a camera mounted on the International Space Station from which you can watch our Earth. Not only that, but you can easily set said feed as your screen saver.

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BrmJD TIL that Dreamworks consulted over 300 religious’ experts for The Prince of Egypt. This included biblical scholars, theologians, archeologists, Egyptologists, clergy and different religious leaders.
9Y7JX TIL that over two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies are based in Delaware.
69QGl Today I learned In 1981, General Mills received the first patent for a microwave oven popcorn bag; popcorn consumption saw a sharp increase then by tens of thousands of pounds.
KOoQB TIL penguins have an specialized organ that filters salt from their bloodstream, allowing them to drink salt water.
OpXR TIL: When Carthaginian explorer Hanno reached the Ivory Coast ~600-500 bc, he thought Gorillas were a race of humans and tried to capture some. He ended up killing them for being too violent and took their skins back to Carthage to put on display.