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TIL - When a Guinea Pig Hops, it’s called “Popcorning”

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eg8J TIL that Jamie and Adam (from Mythbusters) worked as visual technicians on the film Flubber (1996). Oh and Bill Nye was a science consultant, as well.
LJw9 TIL of a man who lost his vision and hearing in an accident. After 9 years, he had his senses restored after being struck by lightning while chasing his pet chicken during a storm.
8DNX TIL if the EU was a country, it would be the wealthiest in the world with a GDP PPP of $19.973 trillion
lNxr TIL that the Coelacanth, a prehistoric fish more related to reptiles and mammals than modern fish, was thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago until fishermen caught one in 1938
yVeZV TIL US Army Maj. Gen. William Dean, captured by N. Kor. troops in 1950, was the most superior US officer captured since the fall of the Philippines. Before his capture, he led troops in brutal urban combat, knocked out a tank with a hand grenade, and survived over a month in the wild, losing 80 lbs.