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TIL that after arriving in Pittsburgh to play for the Penguins, Jaromir Jagr would read the weather forecast on the WDVE radio station.

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QJN9E TIL that in the lakes have snakes
ZpMMY TIL Willard Wigan, MBE sculpts microscopic artwork that fits in the eye of a needle. As he was finishing his Alice in Wonderland pieces, he accidentally inhaled Alice, losing weeks of delicate work. Fortunately, he likes the second Alice better.
GAA14 TIL for a person to be able to stand for election to the UK Parliament, they must possess citizenship of either UK, Ireland or any of the 53 Commonwealth of Nations member-countries (UK is the 54 member).
x6No0 TIL of a Native American in the Amazon Rainforest who, as the last surviving member of his uncontacted tribe, lived in total and deliberate isolation for about 20 years. He left behind a deep hole of unknown purpose in each of his former homes, giving rise to his nickname: "Man of the Hole"
KOZe4 TIL: During the Siege of Leningrad, when hundreds of thousands starved, the authorities distinguished between two legal categories of cannibalism, those who murdered someone in order to eat them, and those who ate of a corpse that was already dead.