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TIL that the son of Gravity movie director released a short that tells the real “sad” story behind Sandra Bullock’s character stranded in space connecting with an Eskimo shepherd and his dogs on Earth.

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M7KBB TIL that after The Exorcist, Linda Blair starred in a TV movie about teen alcoholism with then-emerging talent Mark Hamill and Bill Daniels. Directed by Richard Donner a year before The Omen was released.
Mej0K TIL A Canadian officer named Ward Clapham created a program that gives 'positive tickets' to people who do good deeds. Positive Ticket uplifting citations were given to teens and children for free coupons for pizza and ice cream just for obeying the law and putting safety first.
d9JK TIL that only one member of Congress voted against the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists after 9/11, stating that they should be “careful not to embark on an open-ended war with neither an exit strategy nor a focused target.”
grPB4 TIL the indigenous Sami people of northern Scandinavia are actually people who broke off from Eastern European tribes around 1500 BC and migrated far north. They lived in relative isolation until the 19th century, subsisting on reindeer and fishing.
KOGoB TIL researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound using artificial intelligence (AI) which can kill some of the world's most dangerous bacteria. According to a study published in the journal Cell.