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TIL that the first animals in space were fruit flies

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W7kJ4 TIL about Fucino, a huge lake in central Italy that was completely drained and converted into one of the most fertile plains in the country.
15JD TIL Most of the gold that is present today in the Earth’s crust and mantle was delivered to Earth by asteroid impacts
jN6yM TIL that a common cough suppressant in the UK, Pholcodine, is a Schedule I drug in the USA amongst the likes of heroin.
Dpke TIL many of the creatures in the ‘Silent Hill’ movie were played by dancers so they could make disturbing movements.
kJYG7 TIL that the US Government Printing Office used "12 PM" to refer to midnight until 2008.