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TIL that some firefighters in the US are trained on how to treat aliens in case of an invasion.

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K9DR TIL that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg worried that the Sharptooth fight and death of Littlefoot’s mother in The Land Before Time would be too frightening or even psychologically-damaging to young children, so they consulted psychologists to examine the scenes.
l7jaA TIL that Powdered sugar is highly flammable!
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