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TIL that a Serbian high-school biology textbook used a picture of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter in "Raising Arizona" on the cover from 1993 to 2001.

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wLYvJ TIL that astronauts who return to Earth after a long time in space drop things in mid-air and expect them to float.
xDvk TIL in 1961, the captain of a ship named “Bluebelle” killed all its passengers except a young girl who he left for dead in the ship he scuttled, the girl was able to escape and drifted for four days on sea before rescued, the captain later committed suicide upon learning of her survival.
m1JKy TIL Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt I was born in Staten Island in 1794, and by the time he died in 1877, played a major role in America’s rise as an industrial power. He began his transportation empire with a small sailboat in new york Harbor ferrying people from S.I. to Manhattan
BrrDk TIL that the sperm count of males in westernized countries is down by a staggering 59.3%. This change has taken place in just the past 40 years and something needs to be done about it.
DWXj TIL that sea snakes are often thirsty and dehydrated; they are dependent on rainwater, which accumulates as a thin layer on the surface of the ocean.