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TIL: China is banned from the International Space Station (ISS)

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8evYK TIL John Candy was paid $414 for his cameo in Home Alone. This was a lower fee than was paid to the pizza delivery guy. He did it as a favor to the director and improvised all of his dialogue
b9MA0 TIL that in some sign languages, signers use their mouth to create visual syllables in combination with their hands to create signs.(Mouthing)
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v14yj TIL that due to poaching, female African elephants are evolving tuskless; about 1/3 of females in a Mozambique Nat'l Park were born tuskless with males evolving smaller tusks. They use tusks to compete for mating, dig for water and topple trees for food which in turn creates habitats and water holes
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