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TIL Jackie Chan's 'Rumble in the Bronx' is glaringly and hilariously not shot anywhere near NYC. In fact Chan stopped trying to disguise the Vancouver location altogether about half way thru the film saying people really only wanted to watch action and didn't care if there were mountains in NYC

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9YLWD TIL Wild mice actually enjoy running on exercise wheels.
EgYy0 TIL about the 'zombie ant fungus', A.K.A. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. The spores can permeate an ants exoskeleton, use it as a source of nutrition and take over its biological controls, forcing it to leave the colony and head for more humid climates to facilitate growth and release more spores.
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