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TIL over 100 Firefighters a year are arrested for arson.

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QOZL TIL that when a hamster wheel is placed outside wild mice will come run on it.
R7Jdl TIL: in the 1960s a boy smuggled in three giant African snails into Florida, and later released them. Within seven years there were an estimated 18,000 of the creatures in the wild, taking 10 years and over $1M to eradicate.
b94BQ TIL The PBS kids show, Arthur, is the longest-running children's animated series in the U.S., and the second longest-running animated series in the U.S., behind The Simpsons. PBS is still putting out new episodes, and 23 seasons in total have been produced and aired since 1996.
VBnQk TIL Victor Fleming directed both The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, and did both in the same year (1939).
XEevR TIL Chris Columbus was originally suppose to direct "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," but dropped out because Chevy Chase was difficult to work with. A few weeks later he got the script for "Home Alone," which revitalized his career.