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TIL that birds are dinosaurs

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64w8 TIL that the director of the movie Cannibal Holocaust was arrested for murder 10 days after the movie premier, as the courts did not understand how an impalement scene was done, and actually believed that an actress was murdered for the scene.
p8Vke TIL that some queen ants can live for almost 30 years while male ants live a little more than a week.
dDEjr TIL in earlier space toilets, including the Shuttle, wastewater was vented into space. During its maiden flight, Discovery had a buildup of frozen excrements outside the orbiter, which was then removed by a robotic arm
5x99 TIL that the main reason why Will Smith agreed to do the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was because he was bankrupt and owed the IRS 2.8 million dollars.
nWB0P TIL that after a recent anti-corruption campaign in China the BMI index and overweight rates of public sector employees significantly decreased. This was caused by a reduction in alcohol consumption and eating out.