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TIL Laura Dern and her mother, Diane Ladd, both starred in dinosaur-themed movies in 1993 - (Jurassic Park and Carnosaur).

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xOA0 TIL that Germany has one of the most progressive waste disposal systems in the world– in which nearly 70% of waste is recycled and most of the remainder is cleanly incinerated to generate power.
koa5 TIL that there’s 3G mobile phone coverage on the summit of Mount Everest, so you could tweet from the top.
x6E10 TIL the largest national park in the world is Northeast Greenland National Park, also the world’s northernmost national park.
0w8GA TIL of Noor Inayat Khan, an Indian woman who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for her service during WWII. She was the first female wireless operator to be parachuted into France to assist the French resistance. Later betrayed by a a member of the resistance, she would be executed in Dachau
Yp8Gd TIL witches were never depicted with green skin before the 1939 Wizard of Oz film. Witches were commonly depicted as red or orange beforehand. The Wicked Witch of the West was not described as green in the book, and she was only made green in the film because it looked really good in technicolor.