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TIL all humans are capable of hibernating.
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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.
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TIL that D.A.R.E., the education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, has dropped all mention of marijuana from its curriculum as of December 2012.
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TIL that NASA has a radio station called Third Rock Radio which plays only alternative rock.
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TIL there were plans to raise the Titanic by using liquid nitrogen to turn it into an iceberg. Alternate plans included filling it with vaseline or ping pong balls. None came to fruition.
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TIL of Alexander of Abonoteichus, a roman era cult leader who made people believe a sock-puppet was a snake-god. He was so influential even the emperor joined his cult, and the few sceptics who opposed him were christians, epicureans and writer Lucian of Samosata, who tried to expose him as a fraud