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TIL many turtles and tortoises are kept in refrigerators to artificially hibernate over the winter.

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X0XE8 TIL Most Canadian mortgages on homes are 5 years. Their amortization is 30 years. Mortgages themselves are 5 years and then you need to refinance. If rates have gone higher you are financing into higher monthly payments. Yikes!
VMKWQ TIL there was a children’s show, Dr. Wonder’s Workshop, that ran for 7 years, that was done entirely in American Sign Language with English voiceovers.
N7oKM TIL in 2001, while performing the song "Two Step," Dave Matthews sang the words "Let it rain" and immediately the crowd was poured on by a violent rain and hail storm, which did not stop until the song concluded. This performance has now been called "Two Step in the Rain."
EgYkw TIL that ciabatta is not a long-established, traditional Italian bread. It was invented in 1982, largely as a response to the popularity of French baguettes.
R75Q8 TIL when telephones first came into commercial use you had to whistle loudly into the receiver to get the other person's attention, as telephone bells hadn't been invented yet.