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TIL that Will Smith saved humanity from aliens on the same day two years in a row. First in Independence Day and again the next year in Men in Black.

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vJpx TIL that this year 3 top UFO investigators have died, all under mysterious circumstance. in an update today it was discovered the third managed to send his mother a text saying “If anything happens to me, investigate.”, just days before his death.
nxM9 TIL in 1911 British Antarctic explorer George Murray Levick observed the sexual habits of an Adélie Penguin rookery. The habits included necrophilia, coercion and homosexuality. The report was deemed too indecent at the time and was only published in 2012.
EgZMP TIL that Nintendo tried to shut down not just a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament at EVO 2013, but the whole event itself, which was a charity fundraiser event. Nintendo quickly reversed the decision after backlash.
E15B0 TIL between 1981 and 1986 Kia had a period in which they didn't make any passenger cars, because government-enforced industry centralisation forced them to move out of that sector and focus on light trucks.
GGRQ TIL - ‘The Napoleonic Code’ gave Women the Right to Divorce, Freedom of Religion, Forbade Privileges Based on Birth, and instituted much more. It’s regarded as one of the few documents that have influenced the world.