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TIL an Australian rancher noticed cattle drinking rainwater that had collected in a mysterious metal object on his property which, after an investigation, turned out to be the end cap from one of Skylab’s oxygen tanks that had fallen to Earth more than a decade earlier in 1979.

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OWW7 TIL that M&M’s were originally asked to be included in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. After Mars (The company that makes M&M’s) refused, their competitor Hershey was asked, and Reese’s Pieces were added to the movie instead, resulting in Reese’s Pieces sales going up as much as 300%
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