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TIL despite writing about witchcraft and other spiritually dark things, J.K. Rowling identifies herself as a Christian, saying she doesn’t “take any responsibility for the lunatic fringes of my own religion”

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dD8Z TIL The Soviet Union and USA made a plan to do a joint manned mission to Mars during the cold war. The Soviets supported it, but the idea was rejected by Reagan.
5ly9 TIL that Animal House was filmed on campus at University of Oregon only because the dean had previously refused to shoot The Graduate on that same campus, and he regretted that decision so much, he allowed Animal House to be filmed there.
gr8R7 TIL Of the Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident. A turbine cover failed, causing the 920-tonne rotor to be ejected in to the turbine hall. 75 people died
8evM4 TIL the human digestive system cannot process alcohol. Alcohol must first be transformed into another chemical called acetaldehyde, which can damage DNA and cause cancer.
ADVBw TIL scientists give funny names to genetically variant fruit flies; (Ken & Barbie): flies that fail to develop external genitalia, (Maggie): Flies that fail to develop past a certain stage & are named after Maggie from the Simpsons, (Cheap Date): A fly that expresses high sensitivity to alcohol.