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TIL the photgrapher of the famous "Earthrise" pictures is William Anders, but that the story behind the photos is more complex

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QJdEe TIL when the writers of LOST were pitching the show to ABC, the network was very concerned about the show being too serialized and genre based so they lied to ABC that you could drop in and watch from any episode, the show would be shot on a soundstage and there will be "no ultimate mystery".
Ov0a TIL Surgeons who play video games at least 3 hours a week perform 27% faster and make 37% fewer errors.
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