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TIL NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2031 by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean

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oKjK TIL that Crispin Glover wasn’t actually in Back to the Future 2; it was all spliced archival footage from BTF1. He sued Spielberg for doing that and won.
eBjk TIL a dog chewed off owner’s toe and may have saved his life
kOeD1 TIL that the term "Wi-Fi" is a brand name created to sound catchier than 'IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence'. It is not short for anything including "wireless fidelity," which was only coined after the fact as a backronym
a86vJ TIL that the human colon holds one of the highest bacterial density recorded in any habitat on Earth, estimated at 10¹¹ to 10¹² bacterial cells per milliliter.
ADZo4 TIL that James Gunn has a playlist of over 500 songs that he thinks Peter Quill's mother would have really liked and pulls from that list when he thinks a song would suit a scene. Disney has never rejected any of his songs.