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TIL there are roughly the same amount of neurons and glia in your gut as in a cat's brain

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69RYY TIL about Zinaida Portnova, a teenager who poisoned Nazis in WWII.
6EDNX TIL there is a mud volcano that has been erupting since May 2006 in Sidoarjo, Indonesia. Although it has been contained with levees, mud floodings are still an often recurrance disrupting local highways and villages
Y1xr TIL that the Marines in Aliens were asked to read Robert A. Heinlein’s novel Starship Troopers and undergo military training before the shoot.
RM1Q TIL that ‘Arthur’ is the second longest-running animated series in the U.S., behind 'The Simpsons’
ADYwn TIL that due to tension between Pixar and Disney over whose film it really was, Toy Story had two premiers, one hosted by Disney and one hosted by Steve Jobs. Disney invited actors and other Hollywood celebrities, Jobs invited people from the tech industry.