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TIL Independence Day scenes were filmed in Rachel, Nevada in front of the Little A’Le’Inn in 1996. This led to a movement to officially name the stretch of highway between Alamo and Tonopah the “Extraterrestrial Highway,” giving Rachel’s title as the UFO Capital of the World

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JEVm TIL Earth is believed to be home to approximately one trillion species, with only a fraction of one percent actually documented.
eeWg TIL that the classic children’s book “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch was first conceived as a song about the author’s two stillborn babies.
kOMn5 TIL that no military camp, of the Ancient Romans during Caesar's time, fell to the enemy. This was a formidable display of military manpower and remarkable engineering by a highly advanced society. And despite setting up camps every night, they were still able to outmaneuver the gaullic tribes.
wLr8P The novel coronavirus infection will generate immunity, but it might not last anywhere near as long as vaccine-induced COVID-19 resistance, a researcher said. COVID-19 survivors might get infected again in the coming years, the researcher noted, which tends to be true of all coronaviruses and not just SARS-CoV-2. A vaccine might be able to generate a more robust immune response, the Oxford University researcher said.
neDGW TIL that Male Northern Darwin frogs keep their developing babies inside their mouths.It scoops them up in their mouths and then spits them out when they are fully formed.