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TIL a Volcano Snail with a shell of Iron is a real thing

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DVNJ TIL A man who wanted to create a whites-only town in North Dakota was found to be of African descent
awexA TIL There is an ongoing study of Dutch seniors over age 100, self-reported to be cognitively healthy, where they are followed annually until death. Centenarians came from higher socio-economic classes and had higher levels of education compared to their birth cohort
9wEND TIL producer Christopher Nolan initially opposed & tried to change director Zack Snyder & writer David Goyer's idea to have Superman kill Zod at the end of Man of Steel. He told them "There's no way you can do this". However, Goyer convinced him with a scene where Superman killing Zod saves a family
Bpnd TIL Jackie Kennedy wore her blood-splattered pink Chanel suit for the rest of the day after JFK’s assassination. When asked to change her outfit, she replied “I want them to see what they have done to Jack.”
Elrw TIL Richard Nixon cancelled the last three Apollo missions and did not fund any successor program, effectively ending NASA’s plan for a 100 person space station