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TIL that a student wore the same pair of jeans for 15 months, proving that they have no more germs than after 13 days

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vkEx TIL that Michael Crichton only wrote his novel The Lost World, sequel to Jurassic Park, when being pressured by fans, critics and Steven Spielberg, who wanted to make another movie. It was the only sequel he ever wrote.
GanE TIL the tallest tree in the world, the largest tree in the world (by volume) and the oldest tree in the world (non-clonal) are all in California.
e0wBD TIL that Ben Affleck, a Boston Red Sox fan, caused the production of Gone Girl to shut down for 4 days because he refused to wear a New York Yankees cap on screen.
KY81a TIL that acarophenacidae mites mate inside the body of their mother before they are born. Normally one male develops per mother. He develops slightly faster than his sisters and inseminates them.
WkEnY TIL of a form of debugging called rubber duck debugging, where you debug code by explaining it. The name is in reference to the book "The Pragmatic Programmer" where a programmer would debug code by explaining it, word by word, to his rubber duck.