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TIL about turkey tails and their connection to obesity in the Pacific Islands.

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8gvK TIL Jerry Seinfeld asked Joan Rivers to be the first guest on Season 5 of “Comedians in Cars”. She postponed due to a scheduled medical procedure but eventually died due to complications during said procedure.
PJmZ TIL That with 324 wins, 7 no-hitters, and 5,714 strikeouts, Nolan Ryan never won a Cy Young award.
5Y40P TIL John Capenter's "The Thing" was the first movie in a Trilogy by Carpenter named "The Apocalypse Trilogy" all set in the same universe beginning with 'The Thing', followed by 'Prince of Darkness' and ending with 'In the Mouth of Madness'.
4XBL6 TIL that Star Trek character astromycologist Paul Stamets has his name as an allusion to real-life mycologist, entrepreneur and author Paul Stamets, who advocates for the ecological benefits of mushrooms
p8EWA TIL that on January 14, 2005, the Cassini spacecraft landed the Hguyens probe on the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan. It is the first probe to land on a surface in the outer solar system and remains the farthest any man-made spacecraft has landed.