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TIL the UN has each decade's international focus and concerns predecided.

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ZpWlv TIL that a single gallstone from a cow is worth more than all of its meat. Gallstones are prized items in traditional Chinese medicine and they can go for between $1,700 to $4,000 an ounce.
yVZdp TIL that Alien was based on a comedy film written by its screenwriter Dan O'Bannon called Dark Star, featuring an alien that was just a painted beach ball with rubber claws attached. He eventually started imagining what Dark Star would look like as a horror film.
Br8VL TIL about "Sgt. Bill", a man who claimed to be a DEA Agent and conducted raids on meth labs and made 20 arrests in the small town of Gerald, Missouri. However, it transpired that he was lying, and was an ex-convict, bankrupt and unemployed. However, he actually succeeded in getting rid of the meth.
8nea TIL The appendix does have a purpose. It stores samples of good bacteria so they can repopulate your immune system in case they are wiped out completely by diseases such as dysentery or cholera.
VMeWD TIL that Muffit, the robotic dog in the original Battlestar Galactica TV-show was actually played by a chimpanzee in a robodog costume.