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TIL the cast of Scrubs created their own version of A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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6MgW TIL that despite having a population of 310 million, 47% of the USA remains unoccupied. Of the 11,078,300 census blocks in the country, 4,871,270 reported a population of zero in 2010.
X04r6 TIL that certain land snails can sleep for up to three years in hibernation or estivation if the conditions are less than ideal
QJxV9 TIL Diarrhea kills more children than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined; the depletion of bodily fluids from Diarrhea can cause "profound" dehydration, killing thousands of kids everyday.
DoKD TIL Weird Al Yankovic said he knew he’d made it as a famous musician when he went to a party, saw Paul McCartney and before he could introduce himself to the former Beatle, McCartney recognized him and said, “Hey! It’s Weird Al!”
ADV8w TIL that the brushwork on Mona Lisa is so intricate that it literally requires x-rays to view the brush strokes. Apparently, Vinci used a well-known renaissance painting technique called 'sfumato', in which he added 30 layers of paint that still came out to be only 40 micrometers.