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TIL Jamie Hyneman, co-host of Mythbusters, has a degree in Russian Linguistics

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J1D6v TIL scientists trained a ferret to run through the Fermilab particle accelerator's main ring to keep it clean.
QJ8DL TIL about Tokyo's incredibly efficient recycling systems. All combustible trash is incinerated, the smoke and gasses cleaned before release, and then the left over ash is used as a replacement for clay in the cement used for construction.
D14yY TIL Digital VHS tapes from 1998 could store 50GB of 1080i on a normal sized tape - the only way to get HD commercial films until Blu-ray in 2004.
5YGbQ TIL Kareem Abdul-Jabbar asked for $5k more than the $30k he was offered to be in Airplane! just so he could buy an Oriental rug he had his eye on.
8OPa TIL we laugh when we’re tickled because our brain believes we are about to be injured (ticklish spots are also spots of vulnerability) and is using laughter to convey submission to an aggressor