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TIL Jeepers Creepers (2001) is based on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries (S3E20 - 1991)

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8eM7L TIL that dinosaur soft tissues and cells really do preserve in fossil bones. Maybe even proteins! A newly peer-reviewed “chemical framework”, based heavily on organic geochemistry, has been proposed that plausibly explains this phenomenon. Science fiction looks like it’s becoming reality.
5YEon TIL the oldest mummies belong to the South American Chinchorro culture (nowadays northern Chile). The oldest anthropogenically modified Chinchorro mummy dates from around 5050 BCE, 2000+ years earlier than the earliest Egyptian mummy, which was found around 3000 BCE.
D10nj TIL The World's oldest Post Office is located in Dumfries, Scotland - opening in 1712 and operating continuously ever since.
A957 TIL the audience at Woodstock, which had peaked at an estimated 400,000, was down to about 30,000 by the time Jimi Hendrix took the stage, many of whom merely waited to catch a glimpse of Hendrix before leaving during his performance
MjGK TIL Despite being one of the series’ most beloved characters, Yoda’s species’ name is never given in the Star Wars saga.