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TIL Ada Lovelace died from uterine cancer at the age of 36
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TIL The Passion of the Christ is the highest grossing independent film ever made
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TIL The production of the movie "The Island of Dr. Moreau" was so insanely difficult that inspired a documentary called "Lost Soul" . The director hated Val Kilmer so much that said “Even if I was directing a film called The Life of Val Kilmer, I wouldn’t have that prick in it”
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TIL the invasive destructive trailing ant can chew through rubber and plastic, and has damaged car tires and ignition systems. In 1922, it was even reported that these ants infested a research lab, killed several lab mice and attacked the scientists.
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TIL that the switch from $1 bills to $1 coins would save American taxpayers approximately $4.4 billion in the next 30 years. This is because coins are significantly more durable than paper bills.
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TIL the Russian battleship Sissoi Veliky was built with design and construction problems, yet commissioned anyway. Flooding from an artillery barrage and torpedo hit sank her in the only battle she participated in, causing the deaths of 47 sailors.