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TIL in 2011 Harper Collins published new editions of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark with new art. After mass controversy from fans, the original Stephen Gammell illustrations were used in subsequent printings.

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MAjV TIL there is a 145-million-year-old body of seawater beneath Chesapeake Bay
bJEa TIL Bacteria can absorb genetic material from dead bacteria and integrate them into their own genome. So if a bacterium eats the corpse of one which has adapted to colder temperatures, it will gain that resistance to cold as well.
Me068 TIL Ninjas didn't wear black masks. The mask associated with ninjas is actually an amalgamation of how a thief dressed in Japan. Ninjas also didn't use shuriken (throwing stars), these were used by Samurai swordsmen
xw95 TIL Americans mostly eat white chicken meat and export the rest to Russia/Asia where dark meat is preferred, so most chickens get split in two and sent around the world.
xV0k1 TIL that Russian space crew of the ISS are called Cosmonauts. While the space crew of USA, Europe, Canada and Japan are called Astronauts.