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TIL the 60’s TV show Lost in Space took place in 1997

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dD579 TIL the homochirality of biological molecules is exclusively a feature of life on Earth. Extraterrestrial samples contain largely racemic compounds, and common organic syntheses always yield racemic mixtures. It is not known to science why that is the case.
x6V6k TIL Silverfish can survive without food for over 300 days if water is available.
9YJD6 TIL In 2011, regulators fined a Hong Kong TV station $39,000 for airing a report suggesting that former Chinese President Jiang Zemin had died. Jiang later appeared on a TV show with his successor Hu Jintao
BroxK TIL In 1877 Frederick Douglass purchased close to ten acres of farmland and a mansion on the outskirts of the city of Washington in order to settle in the village of Anacostia. His final residence of Cedar Hill is seen as a metaphor for his life, signifying the heights that he rose to
kJaYE TIL that the meme 'Directed by Robert B. Weide", and the music was from "Curb Your Enthusiasm". I finished watching Seinfeld and started watching "Curb Your Enthusiasm".