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TIL fruit flies were the first living & "sentient" organism sent into space by humans.

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e0715 TIL of infrasound - a low-frequency sound (19Hz and below) that cannot be heard, but literally unsettles human beings. Some horror movie music composers use this sound to make audiences feel dread just before disturbing or scary images appears on the screen.
4kgob TIL pythons and boas have vestigial or leftover pelvic girdles and hind limbs that show up externally as a pair of "spurs" near the base of the tail. Male pythons use these spurs during courtship and mating.
Y7nvW TIL Mountain Dew, Fresca, and other food had been banned in the EU and Japan for containing brominated vegetable oil (BVO) - bromine is also commonly used as a flame retardant. Over consumption has resulted in medical attention needed for memory loss and nerve disorders, amongst other issues.
VMBQk TIL of the belief that English should return to it's original roots by removing all words coming from romance languages, Latin, Greek etc. Leaving only the Germanic ones. This includes coining new words based on German or reviving old ones.
VpN8 TIL that over 50 WWE wrestlers that competed in 1990s are now dead