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TIL Bill Nye The Science Guy, holds no advanced degrees (other then honorary)

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xeO0 TIL that the sounds of the TIE fighters in star wars were a combo of an elephant call and a car driving on wet pavement
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Wlv9 TIL The number of people donating their bodies to science has doubled in the last ten years because funeral costs are so high and most schools will cremate the donated body when they are done and return it to the family at no cost.
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16vmV TIL of all the Commanders and Leaders from the Chechen Republic during the 2nd Chechen War when it began 1999-2009. Only 1 is still alive today, Akhmed Zakayev.