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GYvBJ TIL Christopher Meloni, who played Elliot Stabler on SVU, lives in the house from the TV show Ozzie and Harriet.
BgyYD TIL of holoprosencephaly - a disorder in which forebrain of the embryo fails to develop into two hemispheres, caused by mutations in the gene encoding the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) protein
mRAR TIL that so many people died by ringing church bells in storms, due to the belief that it would disperse thunder, that the practice was banned by the Parlement of Paris
jEWR TIL that Europeans traditionally swam the breaststroke, while Native Americans swam the front crawl. When two Native Americans won an 1844 swimming competition in England, newspapers criticized their barbaric, “un-European” form. Europeans refused to use the faster front crawl for decades.
4kB7a TIL that outside of Chattanooga,Tennessee, a Little Debbie Snacks-Themed park opened last year. The park has, among its play structures, enormous versions of the snack cakes.