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TIL that Steven Spielberg is an uncredited executive producer of every single live-action Transformers film

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LkpYd TIL that in former soviet territories there are hundreds of small, abandoned nuclear generators (250W tops) in total disrepair.
R74e1 TIL That Loofah Sponges are the interior of a gourd native to South East Asia. The young fruit is often grown as a food crop, and when the gourds mature, they get a hard fibrous interior which are often sold as cleaning sponges.
neyno TIL the numbers (1-10) that we use every single day were actually made by Indians and spread by Arabs who found it very easy to use and adopted it into mathematics and is actually called Arabic numerals, because Europeans discovered it via the Arabs during the 6th century. Is this common knowledge?
OGxe7 TIL of Penelope a platypus known for faking a pregnancy and escaping Bronx Zoo
Y7kZ TIL the Beastie Boys’ song “Fight For Your Right” was a parody making fun of drunk metal heads. Since the song only encouraged these people, the Beastie Boys stopped performing it live in ‘87.