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TIL that Sharpie can’t make a white permanent marker

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epMJ4 TIL Steven Spielberg beat James Cameron to the film rights of Jurassic Park by just a few hours. However after Cameron saw Spielberg's film, he realized that Spielberg was the right person for it because dinosaurs are for kids and he would've made "Aliens with dinosaurs."
lAk5 TIL of Elektro the robot. Built in 1937 to resemble the typical American male he could look, listen, speak, move independently and, of course, smoke cigarettes.
oR7oY TIL Bats and dolphins evolved echolocation in the same way (down to the molecular level). An analysis revealed that 200 genes had independently changed in the same way
Y5mG TIL in 1992 a Russian submarine attempted to surface, and ran directly into the bottom of the hull of an American submarine, who was spying on their ports.
X0wp8 TIL that Baked Beans actually originated from the United States