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TIL pine nuts come from pine cones

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4bv5 TIL the GPS coordinates that lead to Walt’s buried money in BREAKING BAD actually, in real life lead to ABQ studios in Albuquerque NM where BREAKING BAD was filmed. They wanted to be sure the coordinates didn’t lead to somewhere people might go think there could be buried treasure.
Vxk8 TIL a man who was a pioneer in sleep research died when he slammed his car into a tree north of San Diego in 1998. An autopsy suggested he may have fallen asleep at the wheel
MLRa TIL that Lady Gaga’s name came from a predictive text glitch that changed radio to lady.
5Y4L8 TIL: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis both once went to a party dressed as polar bears. It was not a fancy dress party
R50a7 Today I learned about the concept of ‘false vacuum decay’ and how it could essentially destroy the universe without us so much having a hint.