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TIL Babylon 5 will probably never be released on Blu-ray because Warner Brothers lost all the backup tapes where the CGI footage was stored.

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OjZ6 TIL The Mormon Church bought $560,000,000.00 (almost 400,000 acres) of Florida Property last year. They now own almost 700,000 acres, about 2% of state.
E1OvV TIL Genetic variations may make some people's brain more open to thoughts, sensations and behaviors that don't make it past the average person's mental filters. These same variations may also explain why many highly creative people seem eccentric at times—or even suffer from mental illness
kOv9E TIL of the Vioxx scandal - a drug produced by Merck & Co, which resulted in the death of approximately 60,000 people. The company allegedly was aware of the side effects, and did not withdraw the drug from the market until FDA caught on. The company exists to this day.
grPJ7 TIL we know leafcutter bees are at least 30 million years old because we’ve found fossilized leaves that age with the telltale circles leafcutter bees make.
VajQ TIL the productivity of the team behind Powerpuff girls dropped significantly due to the release of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The few who didn’t play the game felt left out and annyoed as the rest wouldn’t stop talking about it.