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TIL CD/DVD data is contained in the plastic not the shiny part. The shiny part is just so the laser bounces back.

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j6rxa TIL the Pony Express existed for only 18 months
PmLJ TIL there’s a hotline filmmakers can call for science advice with the goal of helping filmmakers incorporate accurate science into their films
Bg79y TIL The Blood-stained Pink Chanel suit of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy wore in JFK’s assassination remains uncleaned and is currently stored inside a climate-controlled vault in the National Archives and will remain "out of public view" until at least 2103.
Y7W TIL that fantasy congress exist, where players draft members of congress and points were based off Legislative success.
Dklg TIL whalers had an agreement called “The Law of the Tongue” with a pod of killer whales, where the killer whales herded Baleen whales in exchange for tongues and lips. The leader of the pod was believed to be 80 years old when he died.