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TIL that Gene Kelly was sick while filming the iconic scene from “Singin’ in the rain”.

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1aB5P TIL There was a period in the 17th Century called the Little Ice Age in which the Earth cooled causing severe winters for 70 years
9YpgX TIL a skunk's primary natural predator is the great horned owl, since owls are thought to have little to no sense of smell.
mxOgE TIL cocktails became popular during Prohibition as juices were added to bootleg liquor to disguise the taste of ingredients like dead rat and wood tar
0wrn5 TIL the CIA had a mind control program. In 2018, declassified documents included a letter discussing work on six dogs made to run, turn and stop via remote control and brain implants.
6EDGw TIL there is only one non-terrestrial geocache in existence, placed by Richard Garriott on the ISS in 2008.