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No, the little mouse inside it does not start scrambling around.

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ablb TIL that after the US defeated favored France for the rugby gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics, French fans invaded the field. Police and French players defended the Americans from the crowd. Boos and hisses interrupted the US national anthem at the medal ceremony.
QJ7W6 TIL of the Hot Springs Gunfight, an 'old west' gunfight between the city police and the county sheriff. They were fighting over who got to be bribed/employed by the local illegal gambling ring.
5Vek9 TIL Despite the poetic and historical romance which surrounds sending messages in bottles, most sink to the ocean floor within 8-10 months if they haven't already landed ashore due to marine organisms which grow on the bottles, causing them to sink.
QN89k TIL: Conflict in Sudan generated that 15 million people are experiencing acute food insecurity
40xa TIL that Mario was named after Nintendo’s landlord, who burst in demanding his rent back during a company discussion regarding the character’s name