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TIL that there were only 45 days separating the events of 9/11/01 and the passing of the US Patriot Act

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DQ7aP TIL that "many large opossums (Didelphini) are immune to the venom of rattlesnakes and pit vipers (Crotalinae) and regularly prey upon these snakes."
YERA TIL That Shrek is 108 years old in the first movie
xgEg TIL that Sandra Bullock was the first person to win a Golden Raspberry Award (given for worst film) and an Oscar in the same weekend. She collected both.
x6p5o TIL Ghost moons — if they really exist — are swirling clouds of dust that share Earth’s orbit, staying ahead of or behind Earth as it goes around the Sun. Officially called “Kordylewski clouds,” ghost moons were first reported in the 1960s and were only tentatively confirmed in 2018.
MRKK TIL in 2013, a NY Times Reporter discovered that a 1-liter saline IV bag (sterilized salt water) cost $.44 to $1.07 to produce. By the time it was billed to a patient, however, the cost increased between 100% and 1000%.