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TIL Regis Philbin is a honorary Wu Tang Clan member

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8epwX TIL about the Ma'kech, also known as a Living Brooch, where an ironclad beetle is painted, adorned with gemstones, and traditionally worn as living jewelry in parts of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
Bg7b TIL that sleep allows the brain’s synapses to be optimized to prevent your brain from growing too big
gpeL TIL As Catwoman in Batman Returns, Michelle Pfeiffer performed almost all of her own stunts including martial arts, using a bullwhip, and letting a live bird fly out of her mouth.
BoVD TIL during the WW1 Germans protested against the use of shotguns in trenches by the americans arguing Hague Convention forbid to employ arms that cause unnecessary suffering.
Oo7LY TIL the cameras onboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft can still be turned back on, but it is not a priority for its Interstellar Mission. The cameras were turned off to save power and memory for the instruments expected to detect the new charged particle environment of interstellar space.