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TIL-one reason for the popularity and growth of Palm Springs was due to the Hollywood studio's '2 hour rule' mandating that stars had to be that close by car in case they were needed for filing

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kJxPd TIL about the existence of snail kings, which have a left-handed shell-coiling. For common garden snails, researchers estimate the occurrence frequency of snail kings at 1:40,000 individuals.
PYK1E TIL that upon hearing of Napoleon's abdication, the Duke of Wellington - a famously stoic individual - broke into an impromptu flamenco dance, spinning around on his heels and clicking his fingers.
9XlX Austrian mathematician Kurt Gödel had an obsessive fear of being poisoned, and would only eat food that his wife prepared for him. When she had to be hospitalized for six months in 1977, he refused to eat at all and died weighing 65 pounds.
aw59N TIL modern-day airplanes can withstand an intense amount of turbulence. The last time turbelance alone caused a plane crash was 1966.
xVJP0 TIL that the record high temperature in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (87.1 F / 30.6 C), is colder than that of Edinburgh, Scotland (88.9 F / 31.6 C)