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TIL that you can use your old Android devices or idle time in your computer to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research.

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b9rDE TIL the band Cannibal Corpse appeared in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective because Jim Carrey was a fan and wanted them. They declined at first because of a tour but agreed after production rearranged their schedule to accommodate them and when they met Jim "he rattled off lyrics to 'Rancid Amputation'."
yYkl TIL that an ocean line stewardess who survived the sinking of three ships: Titanic, Britannic, and the Olympic, made sure to grab her toothbrush while going down with the Britannic because it was the first thing she missed having after going down on the Titanic.
Jowk TIL that declawing a cat is illegal in many countries because its similar to amputating a finger tip.
1617 TIL that pigeons can be superstitious, continually repeating movements that coincided with a first feeding even if fed at random intervals.
wL5P1 TIL that in C. S. Lewis' Narnia the god Bacchus would sometimes visit, turning all the streams to wine and everyone in the forest would have a drunken party for weeks.