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TIL that in Blade Runner(1982) The CEO of the Tyrell Corporation was mentor to Peter Weyland, the CEO of the Weyland Corporation from the Alien franchise.

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YpElv TIL a 61 year old potato farmer won an ultra marathon Sydney to Melbourne in 1983
yQ1XV TIL 9-year-old Amber Hagerman's abduction inspired the creation of the "Amber Alert". 26 years later, her disappearance remains unsolved.
OoNd6 TIL that the Epicanthic Fold, also known as Double Eyelids, is not just found in East Asians. It is also found in smaller numbers in several European and African populations.
0bZ1 TIL Coca-Cola has claimed they will be globally “water-neutral” by 2020 - meaning for every liter of water they use, they will return a liter to the Earth.
VMBgm TIL The Hawkhurst gang were a group of smugglers in England, who by the late 1840s had developed unprecedented power, and were a law unto themselves for over a decade. They boasted they could assemble 500 men in the space of a couple of hours.