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TIL when two yeast move toward each other to have sex it's called shmoo

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GAKdG TIL that the character of John Rambo, was originally inspired by Audie Murphy and his struggles with PTSD.
gMxWW TIL Despite having different names asteroids - meteors and meteorites are all the same thing - just in different places. When it's still in space it's called an asteroid - when it enters Earth's atmosphere it's called a meteor and if it actually hits the surface it is a meteorite
69YmW TIL Vietnamese money is called the dong.
78kEX TIL that Yamaha developed various engines for F1 teams between 1989 and 1997
Wk5BX TIL by the end of 2019 the US unemployment rate was lower than in every year since 1970, and lower than throughout most of the 50s and 60s.