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TIL Richard Garriott, creator of Ultima, has made two scifi movies: one filmed aboard the ISS, another at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. He also left geocaches at both places.

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m1WyM TIL Tic Tacs are labeled as 0 calories per serving in the US but 387 calories per 100g in Europe. The difference is due to regulations: in the US, anything under 5 calories per serving can be rounded down to 0, while Europe lists the full calorie count per 100g, making the difference seem huge
w1w1 TIL that the Superbowls are havens for sex trafficking.
aj70 TIL: CBS is not officially authorized to broadcast the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 2012 Macy’s rerouted the parade to make it more difficult for CBS to broadcast.
PYVxg TIL that our fingerprints are formed by things such as pressure, while we form within the womb. So although monozygotic twins are nearly genetically identical, as they develop as two separate fetuses the “environmental” impact creates different patterns on their fingers.
OaXe TIL that hired footsoldiers in the Los Zetas cartel were literally trained by the US military to the same standard of US infantry soldiers