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TIL that Lea Thompson (of "Back to the Future" fame) has directed a bunch of television episodes, the latest of which is her second effort for "Star Trek: Picard"

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V4G4 TIL there is an unaired Mythbusters episode. Groups of mice were used to test if “the box is more nutritious than the cereal”. The mice in one of the groups were eating “pallets of cardboard”. One day they checked and there were no longer 3 mice in that group, but 1 really fat mouse.
EJRx TIL A girl was kidnapped from cape town hospital in 1997 but her parents never gave up searching for her. She was discovered by chance when she became friends with her younger biological sister when attending the same school.
KOZvJ TIL that the HEPA filter was conceived during WWII to guard soldiers and scientists, especially those working on the Manhattan Project, from radioactive particles.
0wPlM TIL carrot leaves are edible and highly nutritious.
jJXn TIL that the 4 suits of cards (♢ ♧ ♡ ♤) correspond to the seasons in a year, and adding all the values of the cards (1 for ace, 11 for jack, 12 for queen, 13 for king, and 1 for joker) adds up to 365, the number of days in a year.