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TIL there are 161 discovered species of the zombie fungus Ophiocordyceps.

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9mw6 TIL that Thomas & Friends was not the first television adaption of the Railway Series - in 1953, the BBC commisioned a live adaption of “The Sad Story of Henry” During broadcast, a failure to switch the points caused the model of Henry to derail and a human hand to reach out and re-attach it.
6EQJZ TIL When the American Confederacy lost the Civil War in May 1865, 10,000 Southerners fled the US for a small city in Brazil.
7j67 TIL that a house remix of the theme song from “The Price is Right” reached #1 on the Billboard dance charts in 2001.
ZBZo TIL of Arthur the dog. Arthur, a stray, followed a Swedish Extreme sports team 6500 miles to the finish line of the Adventure Racing World Championship with life threatening injuries.
OA8a TIL that Steven Spielberg had acquired the rights to Ghost in the Shell, which will be made into a live action movie that is prospected to have Scarlett Johanson as leading actress