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TIL MItch Hedberg was in an episode of “That 70s Show”

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5VYWr TIL both parents must be physically present to obtain a passport for a child under 16 in the USA. This is to prevent one parent from “abducting” the child to another country without the other parent’s consent
negkd TIL the blacknose dace, now one of the most widespread fish in the eastern US, suffered a severe range contraction during the Ice Age and was restricted to a single area: what is now modern-day Connecticut. After the Ice Age ended, the dace recolonized the whole East Coast in as little as 75 years.
PYZ1V TIL that someone created a life sized Jason Voorhees and planted him at the bottom of a lake for divers to stumble across
NXeyJ TIL that words which take on completely different meanings when their first letter is capitalised (eg. Turkey the country vs turkey the bird) are called capitonyms
POkG TIL the Nazis were so short on supplies and parts towards the end of the war, they were using landing gear from crashed American bombers for their new planes.