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TIL that the movies E.T. the Extra-terrestrial and Poltergeist were both inspired by an unproduced sci-fi horror film conceived by Steven Spielberg called Night Skies.

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PX1L TIL that there have been five attempts to ban coffee throughout history. The last attempt being in 1777 by Frederick the Great of Prussia who issued a manifesto declaring beer’s superiority over coffee. He believed that coffee interfered with the country’s beer consumption.
rLvd TIL of Unit 731, a covert Japanese research group that carried out human experimentation during WWII to study chemical and biological warfare. The are considered to be responsible for some of the worst war crimes in history for the tens of thousand who died during the experiments.
wLWNJ TIL Flamingo knees do not bend backwards. What we think of as their "knee" is actually the ankle joint. The knees are located further up the leg, hidden by the body and feathers.
VBNGG TIL 42% of house cats are allergic to fish to some degree and 28% to any commercial diet they were fed.
mxBMR TIL: Eliminating tipping has no impact on service or food quality. But, customers reported lower satisfaction when tipping was eliminated - even when it resulted in the meal costing less - because they felt their power over the server was gone.