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TIL that according to wikipedia there are plans for a sequel to “This is the End” in which the apocalypse occurs at the premiere of “This Is the End”

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lolR5 TIL An astronaut working on the International Space Station needed a tool he didn’t have, so NASA designed a wrench with computer software and emailed the file to him. He then used a 3D printer to create the first object ever designed on earth and made in space.
rWlw TIL that in 1898, a Bayer businessman named a drug they’d developed, “Heroin,” as it was expected to be a heroic cure for tuberculosis. Ironically, illicit heroin use later contributed to an epidemic resurgence of the disease.
4Xdo5 TIL Research has shown that happier people prefer to have more time in their lives than more money. Experience beats wealth. Even trying to approach life from that mindset seems to make people more content.
nWLp7 TIL Why Months Have Clearly Numerical Names That Don’t Align With Their Place in the Calendar
91ZQ TIL When a Canadian nuclear reactor melted down in the 1950s, Jimmy Carter was one of the Americans sent to help. His crew built an exact replica of the reactor on a Tennis court to practice disassembling it, and had to enter and take apart the reactor one piece at a time, 90 seconds at a time.