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TIL that NASA sent up 2k jellyfish to space in the 90s that multiplied itself and at some pt, there were 60k jellyfish in the space!

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QJjxM TIL The 'Hubble Deep Field image' covers an area of the sky equal to holding a tennis ball at 100 metres away, and contains over 10,000 galaxies, each one with around 100 billions stars in it.
6jK7 TIL Marvel pays Stan Lee $1 million a year for life just for being Stan Lee
gMAbD TIL Bong Joon Ho clashed with Harvey Weinstein over cuts in his movie "Snowpiercer." Weinstein wanted to take out a fish gutting scene. "Why fish? We need action!" he said. Bong told him his father was a fisherman & it was a tribute to him, so he let him keep the scene. Boon later admitted he lied.
VMLyQ TIL it is largely a myth that the Library of Alexandria was destroyed in a fire. Most of the collection had records elsewhere in the world. The Library of Alexandria was largely brought down by dwindling membership over many centuries. By the time it was destroyed, no books were housed there.
D1dRr TIL Neanderthal dental plaque shows that there was no such thing as a typical Paleo diet. Some ate mostly meat, and some others are entirely vegetarian.