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TIL that hundred of television shows and movies are canon to a show called St. Elsewhere. It started as a criticism of rigor around comics lore and has since evolved into a fan project.

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WL19 TIL that if a Duracell battery leaks, and destroys one of your devices, the company will replace the device if it is sent to them with the defective batteries still in place.
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PAaw TIL a man claiming to be a 500-year-old vampire was arrested in 2011 after attacking a woman. During his arrest, he shouted at the pursuing officers that he “didn’t want to have to feed on humans”.
6EQpJ TIL scientists are going to try and bring back the northern white rhino from extinction by combining the eggs from the southern white rhino with the cryopreserved sperm of a northern white rhino to create viable embryos and embryonic stem cells!
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