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TIL the helicopter takedown in “live free or Die Hard” was done by launching an actual car into an actual helicopter (outer shell) with only CGI used to add debris and explosions

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dle7 TIL the man who first artificially cloned a fish was later forced to give up his research and become a janitor by the Chinese government during the Cultural Revolution.
loJMa TIL Elephants can suffer from PTSD and that their violent outbursts and can sometimes be managed with therapy
6ELyw TIL that China has restricted the use of geographic systems to only specific authorized entities, causing crowdsourced mapping efforts such as OpenStreetMap to be unlawful. They use a specific coordinate system known as GCJ-02, that intentionally offset places from their true location.
5Ya7p TIL: A dog's nose being wet and cool is a sign of good health is a common misconception. Many dogs can be sick and still have a wet nose, and other dogs can be healthy and still have a dry nose.
GXpG TIL Voltaire never said “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”