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TIL the first Alien movie was originally going to end with the alien winning

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epvBg TIL zoochosis is a form of psychosis that develops in animals held captive in zoos, it manifests with stereotypic behaviors that depend on species, in some animals it may not be noticed by humans at all. We can assume many millions of animals worldwide suffer from this condition.
xYWD TIL: The Joshua Tree made famous by U2 has been dead since late 2000. A plaque commemorates where it stood
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R7XN9 TIL that the little "light" dots that sometimes fly around in your vision are called "blue-sky sprites" and its part of a phenomenon called "Blue Field Entopic Phenomenon" where white blood cells are moving in the capillaries in-front of your retina.