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TIL Spy Kids is on the National Film Registry, being added in 2024

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wLeJ8 TIL New York's metropolitan transit authority dumped over 2,500 subway cars into the ocean to create reefs for fish to live in. The project was a success and has been shown off by photographer Stephen Mallon.
rNkJW TIL that there was a cat named Oscar who lived in a hospital, and he seemed to predict the death of patients by choosing to nap next to them a few hours before they died. Hypotheses for this include that Oscar was picking up on the lack of movement in such patients or that he could smell something.
Ypgyd TIL there's a festival in India and Nepal solely to thanking dogs for their loyalty and friendship.
p8NvA TIL about HERA, a telescope searching for the oldest stars in the universe, from a period known as the Cosmic Dark Ages. And it is built from stuff you could buy at any local hardware store. "This is the beauty of low frequency radio astronomy: one doesn’t need custom, expensive hardware."
1jMX TIL that when James Joyce picked a fight, he would hide behind Hemingway, “his drinking companion”, and shout: ‘Deal with him, Hemingway. Deal with him.’