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TIL you can stay in a hotel in Japan for $1 a night if you agree your entire stay to be livestreamed 24/7

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N7RDJ TIL the name of 1997 film "Gattaca" is based on the letters G, A, T, and C, which stand for guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine, the four nucleobases of DNA.
VrMp TIL the inventor of the smiley face only made $45.
mYkE TIL that polar bears are obsessive about keeping clean. Following mealtime, they will spend 15-20 minutes grooming themselves, making sure there is no dirt or residue left on them that may interfere with the insulating properties of their fur.
9YgKM TIL: In 1967, India offered China 800 sheeps and 59 yaks to buy peace and to show the world that China can go on a war for petty issues and can't be trusted.
OJZX TIL a graduate student invented a leaf made of silk that produces oxygen.