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TIL the shadows on the Velociraptor in this scene in Jurassic Park are DNA nucleotide sequences

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b909a TIL Apple ran a full page ad in the Wall Street Journal in 1981 welcoming IBM to the desktop computer market. Even though IBM would become Apple's biggest competitor, Apple felt that IBM's entry into the PC market would legitimatize the industry and ultimately help Apple.
nxLo TIL of the ACLU “Bust Card” - a simple English-written brochure outlining your rights in case you’re stopped by the police, FBI or ICE.
W704B TIL the origin of the dance routine from Whigfield’s “Saturday Night” are unknown. Once she performed the song and to her bemusement people started doing it. It was not in her music video and she never knew about it.
pQB4 TIL In some African countries, albinos’ body parts are believed to bring wealth and good luck. As a result, attackers chop off their limbs and pluck out organs, and sell them to witchdoctors.
9wn4G TIL that Bob Denver forced CBS to put the Professor and Mary Ann in the opening titles of Gilligan’s Island by threatening to make them list his name last in the titles