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TIL that the season 6 blu-ray of Dexter had an unskippable trailer that spoiled that season’s finale.

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pYd8b TIL That coconut water, being almost identical to blood plasma, can be used as a plasma substitute. During World War II, many soldiers in the Pacific were saved through emergency transfusion using coconut water as replacement for intravenous plasma.
EgDgP TIL, Rolls Royce has an stained glass window commemorating the pilots of the RAF (Royal Air Force) who fought at the battle of Britain during WW2 in a factory in Osmaton, Derby (UK).
4ZLg TIL there is a giant salt mine 1200 feet beneath Detroit
E1xew TIL the worlds first ever half-hour, completely computer-animated TV series was the Canadian show ReBoot.
l8dN TIL that scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.