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TIL Helium-3 found in crystals on the moon could provide energy to the earth

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7mvL TIL that when Steven Spielberg first saw a CGI animatic of the T. rex chasing a herd of Gallimimus, he told the go motion creator on set “you’re out of a job”, who in turn replied “don’t you mean extinct?” The dialogue was later written into the script as a conversation between Malcolm and Grant.
696kW TIL that earth’s rotation is changing speed. It's actually slowing. This means that, on average, the length of a day increases by around 1.8 seconds per century.
Y7WRr TIL that based on the lowest estimation of the death toll, France killed, in average, 130 Algerians everyday, during the Algerian war.
yjKl TIL Ravens have always been kept at the Tower Of London. When Charles II (a very superstitious Monarch) asked for the Ravens to be removed, he was advised that if the Ravens were removed, The Tower would crumble and a great harm would befall the nation.
BApD TIL that in his review of “Lulu”, the collaboration between Metallica and Lou Reed, Chuck Klosterman wrote: “If the Red Hot Chili Peppers acoustically covered the 12 worst Primus songs for Starbucks, it would still be (slightly) better than this.”