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TIL humans have an instinctual revulsion to things that look and move almost like a human, but not entirely

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gro94 TIL In 1965, an international phone call was 'only' $12 for the first 3 minutes; adjusted for inflation, that would come out to $101.16 in 2021.
mxv9M TIL that even though Jupiter's moon Io ("EYE-oh") has no water, it still has waves. The force from the gravity of Jupiter and its other massive moons pulls Io's surface up and down on all sides causing waves of rock up to 100 meters (328 ft.) high.
RLJQ TIL that ‘Boyhood’, the film shot over the course of 12 years, only had a total of 39 days of filming.
0d0Yj TIL that scientists weren't able to synthesize human growth hormone up until the mid 80s, so the hormone was extracted from the deceased.
KORpw TIL that there was a Nazi spy network during WWII in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. Their goal was to smuggle drugs into the United States to destabilize the country and lower morale