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TIL Jim Henson was an early pioneer in digital sets and computer-created puppets.

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W79pB TIL that in Austria, public insurance requires scientific proof of effectiveness in order to reimburse medical treatments, but exceptions are made for homeopathy.
QNrge TIL there is still one actor from the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz alive, Caren Marsh Doll, who was Judy Garland's stand-in, and it is in fact her feet seen in the film when Dorothy taps the heels of the slippers together. Caren is 105 years old.
gMa19 TIL the least-visited national park in the U.S. is the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska, which lies entirely north of the Arctic Circle and has "no established roads, trails, visitor facilities, or campgrounds."
DQMV TIL Kurdish children in Turkish prisons prison are deprived of food and medical treatment, beaten while naked with iron bars by prison staff, and sexually abused by adult prisoners
VB0kQ TIL due to their superior smelling and climbing capabilities, police departments in Southeastern China have started utilizing squirrels as alternate drug sniffer units over the usual canines.