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TIL that the chestburster scene in Alien was inspired by the pains the writer suffered as a result of Crohn's Disease

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xLm5 TIL a “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a buttload of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
vP7 TIL that Neil Gaiman wanted to make a movie of “Anansi Boys”, but the moviemakers wanted to change the black characters to white and remove any magic (in a story about Gods and magic), so he refused.
ZW4v TIL that carrier pigeons only know how to fly back to their home base. The infrastructure that supported this messaging system required regular deliveries of birds between cities and regular release of the birds so they did not imprint on a new location.
rJke TIL there are at least 10 different types of Orca (Killer) Whales
e7wJ TIL: Apple stores everything you say to SIRI on it’s servers for an undisclosed amount of time