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TIL that there's a new organelle discovered in human cells called the Hemifusome

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NmG8 TIL that, during WWII, the Russians used a biplane on the Eastern Front that was so slow, German planes couldn’t target it without potentially stalling.
wopRJ TIL that prolific Hollywood prosthetic makeup artist Tom Savini served as a combat photographer in Vietnam, and this later influenced his style of gory effects. Savini said: "I hated that when I watched a war movie and someone dies. Some people die with one eye open and one eye half-closed.”
LKGQ TIL of Robin Williams’ bond with Koko the gorilla. He made her smile for the first time in 6 months after her lifelong gorilla companion passed and she became visibly upset when she heard the news of Williams’ death
W7AWY TIL about Gigantothermy, a thermoregulation strategy wherein large ectothermic animals (e.g., dinosaurs) maintain stable, high body temperatures due to their low surface-area-to-volume ratio, which minimizes heat loss. This allows creatures to remain warm without a high-energy metabolism.
D1AOj TIL George Lucas made Steven Spielberg a bet that Close Encounters of the Third Kind would be more successful than Star Wars and agreed to give each other 2.5% of their film's net points. By 2014, it was reported that this deal made Spielberg an estimated $40 million.