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TIL that H.R. Giger refused to give the xenomorphs from Alien eyes because “It’s scarier if you don’t know where they’re looking”.

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9w6Ym TIL that the lizard has the largest poop-to-body-size ratio of any animal recorded at 80% of its body mass. The previous record, the Burmese python, had a poop 13% of its body mass. That's the equivalent of the average American releasing a 144-pound poop.
rR5yo TIL that from 1838 until 1976 it was lawful to "exterminate" Mormons in Missouri (Executive Order 44)
ZK7Q TIL that in order to obtain the vast amounts of titanium needed for the construction of the SR-71, the CIA created fake companies throughout the world to purchase the metal from the biggest supplier, the USSR.
pdPp TIL that when the Big Bang theory was first presented, most scientists rejected it for sounding too religious.
a8nOA TIL Rolex gave watches to British prisoners in WW2 and allowed them to pay after they had been released. One of these watches was sold for more than $65,000 in Sydney, Australia in 2006.