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TIL that Carl Sagan considered “Back to the Future Part II” the “greatest time travel movie ever made.”

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OG4jX TIL that Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, bombed the LSAT, was rejected from the role of Goofy at Disney World, and was stuck selling fax machines for a living. She was named the youngest female self-made billionaire in 2012.
XDyE TIL The Blanket Octopus rips off the Portuguese Man O’ War’s tentacles and uses them for defensive purposes
Amgw TIL: “Generational Curses” may be a real thing. There was a study where mice were given a small shock to the foot at the same time as the smell of acetophenone. After 10 days, they mated. The children mice inherited a fear of the odor even though they had never been exposed to it before.
6j1l TIL 30% of one night stands actually turn into long-term relationships.
P1JGw TIL that the 2020 Beirut explosion left approximately 300,000 people homeless.