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TIL that despite decades of research scientists still don't know how baby eels are made

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QJLwX TIL that Universal Studios' "Jurassic Park: The Ride" cost twice as much to make as the actual Jurassic Park film.
GYxp4 TIL of Burj Al Babas - an abandoned $200m village in Turkey consisting of hundreds of Disney-style castles.
gad7 TIL that Dr. Armand Trousseau, who first identified the link between blood clots and cancer [called Trousseau Syndrome], died of cancer soon after finding a blood clot in his leg; thus, self-diagnosing, suffering and succumbing to the very disease he discovered and named after himself.
nWyZ9 TIL about GJ 1214 b, an exoplanet that orbits a star about 48 light-years from our Sun. GJ 1214 b is the most likely known candidate for being an ocean planet or "waterworld." Due to varying pressures, ocean planet models feature steam, liquid, superfluid, high-pressure ice, and plasma-phase water.
Bgnxb TIL that when places lack recreational spaces for picnics, people have them at cemeteries. The Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark is one of them and has become of the most popular places for locals and tourists to relax and have picnics.