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TIL that the JFK assassination conspiracy theory has been described by subsequent Congress investigations as “highly probable”

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wLP1o TIL there are 4 animals who use sunlight as energy: the eastern emerald elysia (a sea slug), the mint-sauce worm, the oriental hornet, and the embryos of the spotted salamander.
y45V TIL Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side, All About Steve) is the only woman to receive an Oscar and a Razzie (for Worst Actress) in the same year. Being a good sport, she collected her Razzie in person and won her Oscar the following night.
m10nP TIL that in 1967 the DSV "Alvin" was attacked by a swordfish at 610m below the ocean surface. The swordfish became trapped in the Alvin's skin, and the Alvin was forced to make an emergency surface. The fish was recovered at the surface and cooked for dinner.
991m TIL when a 16th century cathedral in Salamanca, Spain was renovated in the early 1990s, ornate stone carvings of an astronaut and a gargoyle eating ice cream were added near the entrance.
7rL7x TIL Orlistat (Alli), a drug designed to block the absorption of dietary fats. It won the Bitter Pill Award for worst drug with numerous side-effects like fecal leakage and oily spotting along with that it really didn't work..