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TIL there is a GeoCache on the International Space Station.

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xV4aD TIL that in some regions of Bangladesh, people fish using otters. Humans have used otters to fish for over 1400 years.
JYOrV TIL that "Star Wars" creator George Lucas personally funded "Jurassic Park" paleontologist Jack Horner's "Build a Dinosaur" (a.k.a "chickenosaurus") project, a bid to "reverse genetically engineer a living dinosaur using chicken DNA".
pYw5G TIL that when they test DNA from hair, they actually analyse the root skin attached to the hair. The hair itself contains no DNA and is useless in the analysis.
yVjxl TIL when American producers remade the British crime thriller Broadchurch, they decided to keep the leading star in the same role as detective, but just made him talk in an US accent this time around
9wZaQ TIL “That Saved By The Bell” originally aired as the show “Good Morning, Miss Bliss” for one season before being retooled. Those episodes then aired as “Saved by the Bell: The Junior High Years”