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TIL that in 2009, 3 Monarch caterpillars were sent into space and returned safely as butterflies in 2010.

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78MBx TIL that the Love Death & Robots episode Life Hutch is set in the same universe as the legendary The Outer Limits episode Demon With A Glass Hand. Both are set against the backdrop of Harlan Ellison's Earth-Kyba-War.
D15ep TIL that in most Hollywood movies any scene involving an animal is monitored by the Humane Society to ensure no animals are actually harmed in the making of the film.
p8ZAQ TIL Humming helps your sinuses produce more nitric oxide which is one of the bodies defenses for killing bad bacteria in your sinus passages.
8anA4 TIL that the Ancient Greek "Lego" means to gather, pick up, collect and bind. But the brand name LEGO is a portmanteau of the unrelated Danish phrase “leg godt”, which means “play well”.
a8j5A TIL about the 'Pig War' of 1859, where the only casualty was a single pig. The conflict started when an American settler shot a British pig that was eating his potatoes on the disputed San Juan Islands, almost leading to war between the US and Britain.