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TIL that there are still about twenty working phone numbers in America (different zip codes) for "867-5309"

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X04mj TIL that 13% of American households own backyard chickens
oNXr TIL in Venezuela in 2007, a man woke up during his autopsy
woXW7 TIL that James Lovelock, an English scientist, performed experiments regarding the cryopreservation of small rodents. His work found that hamsters could successfully be revived with no adverse effects after having 60% of the fluids in their brain frozen. The hamsters were thawed using microwaves.
97aM TIL April Fools day in French is “Poisson d'Avril” (literally fish of April) and children try to stick a crudely drawn fish on each others back in secrecy.
PbQL TIL animators and fx artists for Disney’s Frozen were sent to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to experience walking, running, and falling in deep snow. Both male and female personnel tried on long skirts to see how they interacted with the snow.