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TIL The film Predator was originally written in responese to Rocky movies after people joked he was running out of people to box and would have to fight an alien next

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x7VB TIL That the band Nine Inch Nails created an alternate reality game to be played over 18 months. Challenges in the game included finding a specific USB at many of NIN’s concerts, finding individual payphones and waiting to be called there, and decoding time codes in order to find digital letters.
vPRDx TIL of Boston Red Sox player Fred Thomas, who was granted a furlough by the Navy to play in the 1918 World Series during WWI. He remains the only active member of the military to play in a Major League game.
GYvGN TIL there were two economic recessions called 'The Great Depression' the more famous one being in 1929 and the other one happening 56 years earlier now referred to as 'The Long Depression'
8a8KL TIL Giant 6ft otters still exist in three remote river systems of South America. They hunt in packs and can even take on crocodiles.
DQAZV TIL when salt dissolves in water, it's not actually "melting." The water breaks the ionic bond between the sodium and chloride ions, resulting in a homogeneous solution.