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TIL NASA named Gattaca as the best (accurate) science fiction movie of all time.

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ep6m5 TIL Dolphins call each other by ‘name’ using a unique whistle to identify each other. They only respond to their own names, by sounding a distinct whistle back. Researchers believe dolphins are acting like humans: when they hear their name, they answer.
9BxX TIL Locks of Love made only 317 wigs in 2011 from more than 100,000 donations, while Pantene made ten times the wigs with nearly half the donations
0dAEj TIL Cal Polytechnic placed a commemorative plaque at the bathroom where “Weird Al” Yankovic recorded his breakthrough song “My Bologna” in 1979. It is humorously known as “Studio 229.”
gYBL TIL: No other species, including our own, is responsible for the loss of as many human lives each year as mosquitoes
ADMA4 TIL Childhood Amnesia is the inability of adults to recall memories before the age of two to four years.