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TIL Jason David Frank filmed a pilot that would eventually become VR Troopers called "Cybertron."

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Q1Pa TIL that in 2006, 75% of Chinese didn’t know that sharks were slaughtered to make shark fin soup. But now, 91% of Chinese support a nationwide ban to shark killings, thanks to activism work by Yao Ming and others
oG9r TIL that survival rates for cardiac arrests in the US are a low 8% with many survivors having disabilities. Though some US TV shows have incorrectly portrayed them at 67%
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