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TIL That ‘District 9’ is the outcome of the failed 'Halo’ movie

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6w9X TIL breast milk contains substances which aren’t digestible by human infants, but which serve as food for desirable gut bacteria
wLPWE TIL Cilantro and Coriander come from the same plant. Cilantro is the leaves, and Coriander is the seeds.
EP0P TIL that when Fiat discovered a Google’s street view car was mapping Sodertalje, Sweden, they sent a Fiat to tail it for 30 miles, and have it captured on street view in front of Volkswagen’s headquarters.
wLNnM TIL: "I Fought the Law" singer/musician Bobby Fuller was found dead in a parked car, outside his LA home. No evidence of foul play or suicide was found. Neither were ruled out. For those who believed it to be murder, suspects cited have ranged from the Mafia and Charles Manson to the local P.D.
GYO74 TIL about the world's oldest cured ham. It was overlooked on its hook at Gwaltney Foods in 1902 and hung from a rafter for twenty years. The company owner then declared it his pet ham, put a collar on it, and took it to exhibitions. It's now in a museum in Isle of Wight County, VA. It has a Twitter.