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TIL scientists at the Allen Telescope Array always keep champagne in their fridge in case they find signs of extraterrestrial life.

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d8YEZ TIL Mahasweta Devi wrote over 100 novels and over 20 collections of short stories primarily written in Bengali. She had claimed that her stories aren't her creation, they are the stories of the people of her country, with a focus on marginalized citizens and women
RAWw TIL that there’s no such thing as a wild ferret. They were domesticated from the European Polecat over 3,000 years ago.
8aDMb TIL that the director of The Notebook wanted someone "not handsome" for the male lead in the movie, so he cast Ryan Gosling for the role.
XvM6 TIL learned that the last Calvin and Hobbes strip was published in newspapers 19 years ago today.
8Ww4 TIL in 1983, 90% of US media was controlled by fifty companies; today, 90%+ is controlled by just six companies, self-identifying as “the big six.”