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TIL - TV show Scrubs, used a real phone number on an episode, that went to a prepaid cell phone the cast would hand around to each other, and would answer

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nepAW TIL that snails can be left handed, where their shells are coiled counter-clockwise, and they can only mate with other left handed snails due to their genitals also being on the opposite side.
nep9o TIL that three people stole $18 million dollars worth of Maple Syrup in Quebec. This was over the course of about a year.
MNQb TIL George Takei turned down the cameo in Marge vs the Monorail because he ‘takes monorails very seriously’
pxkN TIL ‘mine flails’ are armored vehicles that detonate mines by whipping them with heavy chains.
kOvOe TIL that R. Lee Ermey, actor for the drill instructor in "Full Metal Jacket", was originally meant to be a technical advisor for the film. However, after Ermey made a tape tirading over the various extras, he was cast as the instructor.