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TIL that the breathing fluid in The Abyss(1989) is real and that the scene with the rat breathing the fluid wasn’t faked, with the rat actually breathing the oxygenated fluid.

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LKEp TIL American murderer Richard Honeck was jailed in 1899 and not released until 1963. During his 64 years in prison, he received one letter and two visitors. “I’d have to be pretty careful if I got paroled,” he said later. “There must be an awful lot of traffic… compared with what I remember.”
17aO TIL Neslte paid doctors and nurses in developing countries in the 1970’s to promote their baby formula over breast-feeding, leading to the deaths of thousands of infants.
69VOY TIL In Germany, dancing is banned on 'silent' religious holidays, including Good Friday
0wLkj TIL that today's ground level in Edinburgh is multiple stories above of the original medieval city, some of which is still accessible through deep cellars
DQ1kJ TIL humans only perceive 0.0035% of the electromagnetic spectrum w our eyes. This 0.0035% is known as visible light and comprises everything the human eye alone can detect in the universe.