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TIL that the Apollo 15 astronauts left a 3 inch “fallen astronaut” statuette on the surface of the moon in 1971 to commemorate all the men and women who died in pursuit of space travel

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9wbJ7 TIL that the terrifying velociraptor screeches in Jurassic Park were actually recordings of tortoises mating. Sound designer Gary Rydstrom revealed that the iconic raptor barks came from a tortoise making love, joking that if people knew the truth, Jurassic Park would have been rated R.
R7AL9 TIL In 2018, Massive Attack encoded an album into synthetic DNA to mark it's 20th anniversary. Spraycans were made with the DNA encoded audio within matt black paint, each can containing approx a million copies of the album
8QE8 TIL Eminem is one of the best donkey kong players.
9YEWr TIL that 50% of Roger Federer's name is "er"
9YGxr TIL that Benedict Cumberbatch, was kidnapped together with Denise Black and a mutual friend near Lake St. Lucia in South Africa by a gang of six men. By nightfall, he managed to persuade his abductors that they could get in trouble if they harmed him or his friends. The trio was then let go.