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4X5Qg TIL of Lympstone Commando railway station. This is a railway station situated on the Avocet Line, from Exeter to Exmouth in Devon, England. A train travelling on this line will only stop here if you ask the train driver, providing you are a visitor to the Royal Marine Commando Training Centre.
EMOx TIL Anthony Hopkins’s inspiration for Hannibal Lecter was a cat. “…I sort of modeled my walk on a cat’s. I like cats, and I love the way they pad around. I wanted to get that feel when Lecter is padding very quietly and stealthily in the shadows around the streets of Florence.”
9b0p TIL a biotech startup has managed to 3-D print rhino horns that genetically similar to a real horn. The company plans to flood Chinese and Vietnamese markets, where demand is high, and bring down the price.
Z8YVQ TIL That the largest non-commercial rocket launch in European history was done for an episode of Top Gear where they tried to send a Reliant Robin into space.
mxxwx TIL People can keep their amputated limbs. A woman requested to keep her leg before being amputated due to cancer. Now she and her leg travel the world, posting photos of their adventures on Instagram.