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TIL The opening sequence in Raiders Of The Lost Ark was inspired by a Scrooge McDuck comic

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O6Og TIL that The Empire State Building has its own postcode
Me8mA TIL that plants can tell the difference between the shade of an inanimate object (e.g. a rock) and the shade of another plant.
4vxb TIL there was an appetite suppressant candy called AYDS pronounce (AIDS) in the 80’s with the slogan ‘Lose weight deliciously with the aid of AYDS’
v1Ra7 Man flu is apparently real — and the cure is lying on the sofa and watching telly, according to Dr Kyle Sue.
E1Qwx TIL on the same day Carol Greider was notified she had won the Nobel Prize of Medicine in 2009, funding for her grant proposal on the very subject she won the Prize for was rejected and deemed, in her words, "not worthy for discussion" less than 3 hours later.