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TIL Rick and Morty has 100% on Rotten Tomato’s

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5YDaR Til that the loss of earthworm species during the last ice age left northern woodlands in the USA to successfully adapt to conditions without them, making the ones we see today invasive species that can actually destroy forest floors more than help them.
mxK9P TIL in 1911, a "witchcat" appeared near Pottsville PA. It caused hens to crow like rooster and pigs to bark like dogs. Thomas Howell, the man who saw it, died along with eight cows and horses, the deaths attributed to a hex. The family crafted a golden bullet to shoot the cat and break the hex.
xVNBg TIL that Killifish eggs can survive a trip through a bird's digestive system, spreading the fish to other places when the birds poop them out.
R59L7 TIL that in 1979, Steve Jobs visited Xerox PARC and was inspired by their uncommercialized GUI and mouse, leading to the creation of the Apple Macintosh; Xerox started to focus on marketing their copy machines, skeptical about the profitability of computers.
ep4k6 TIL that the production team of "Elf" (2003) approached Macy’s to use their store for the film, but Macy’s declined as they didn’t like the idea that there was a fake Santa working in the store. Instead, the department store scenes were shot in the cafeteria of a mental hospital in Vancouver.