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TIL Uganda Is Reviving The “Kill the Gays” Bill From 2009

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0wbYv TIL: the Giant Squid sees the world with Eyes the Size of Soccer Balls. They're at least 25 centimetres (10 inches) across, making them the largest eyes on the planet. Even the blue whale – the largest animal that has ever existed – has measly 11-centimetre-wide eyes.
JmNk TIL That the X-Files related “Scully Effect” is actually an entirely unproven effect with no scientific sources supporting its cultural significance other than anecdotal stories.
8eQEV TIL about Stephen King’s Dollar Babies, a program in which Stephen King sells the rights to some of his short stories for 1$ to film students to help their careers
ep5Qk TIL about Operation Sea-Spray, a secret biological warfare experiment in which the U.S. Navy released two types of bacteria over the San Francisco Bay area in September 1950. The government did not disclose the experiment's existence until 1977.
VMMrG TIL Hollywood briefly experimented with an interactive movie format akin to "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale wrote a film and directed a film called "Mr. Payback" in which audience members were able to choose what happened next. The results were disastrous.