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TIL the term “3 dog night” refers to a night so cold you needed to sleep with 3 dogs in your bed to keep warm

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5VyXD TIL there haven’t been any wild flamingos in Florida for >100 years
E1w1p TIL "It's a Small World" song, which is frequently played at its headline attraction at Disney theme parks, is the only Disney song not copyrighted due to the request by UNICEF. The song was played at the 1964 NYC World's Fair as a salute to UNICEF and is seen as a gift to children around the world.
E1xaX TIL alligators will allow themselves to be frozen in place in a pond to survive freezing temperatures. They seem to know instinctively just when the water will freeze and stick their noses out of the water, allowing the water to freeze around them.
E1pMo TIL that the unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
ADA44 TIL that the United Nations officially use British English instead of American English