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TIL Kansas is actually flatter than a pancake

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WlE4 TIL that the cast of the 1979 science fiction horror film ‘Alien’ was never told about the chestburster scene in order to capture the authentic fear of the actors
KY9lE TIL that California black acorns were used by California native Americans as a staple food.
Z856G TIL that in 1275, the theft of a cow by a peasant led to a war that resulted in 15,000 deaths on the territory of present-day Belgium.
xe8D TIL Actress Carey Mulligan and singer Marcus Mumford were childhood penpals. They lost touch, reconnected as adults, and eventually married.
YpdbZ TIL that Russian poet Alexander Pushkin’s great-grandfather was an African slave who later became a general to emperor Peter the Great