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TIL that the Love Death & Robots episode Life Hutch is set in the same universe as the legendary The Outer Limits episode Demon With A Glass Hand. Both are set against the backdrop of Harlan Ellison's Earth-Kyba-War.

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47la TIL Dogs have slits on the outside of each nostril, which allow him to exhale without disturbing the scent particles in front of his nose. Breathing out the side slits helps release air while holding scent particles in the nostrils, so that a dog isn’t as likely to lose a scent
ZpY9B TIL Over 900,000 earthquakes occur worldwide each year.
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7rraL TIL that "ye olde shoppe" is a distortion of "Þe olde shoppe": English used to have a character for "th": Þ
no5d TIL That Monty Python and the Holy Grail was funded by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Elton John and Chrysalis Records, who were all looking for ways of creating tax losses.