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TIL Writing for reality television follows the same general format that a regular television show does, but it differs in that the stories are constructed in post production.

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b9y1p TIL Using lasers, Stanford scientists transformed hydrocarbon molecules in oil and natural gas into pure diamonds.
0pGR TIL that the ¼" audio plug (like on headphones) is probably the oldest electrical connector still in use. It was introduced in 1878.
D1pyp TIL Scientists found cancer in a 1.7 million year old foot bone and a 2 million year old spine from two ancient hominin specimens in South Africa. Before these finds, the oldest dated cancer in a human was only 120,000 years old.
P5KZ TIL there’s a 19 year old who has a plan to clean up half of the pacific garbage patch in 10 years - it would remove over 77,000 tons of plastic from the ocean
vP5Kx TIL the first name of the composer of the title music for the sitcom "ALF" is Alf.