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TIL hot water and jello is a treatment for hypothermia

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OoDDL TIL that Liechtenstein and Haiti unknowingly had the same flag until they met at the 1936 Olympics. The flag designs for both countries later changed.
waW8 TIL that in 2007, just before Australia’s federal election, it was revealed former PM Kevin Rudd had attended a New York strip club while serving in parliament, but a poll released shortly after showed that Rudd’s approval rating had INCREASED since the revelations. He went on to win the election.
8a48K TIL NASA tried to get Big Bird to go on a space shuttle mission to inspire kids, and he would have died if he did (in the Challenger space shuttle disaster).
VB7b4 TIL A Chinese zoo admitted its “pandas” are actually dyed Chow Chow dogs. Videos from Taizhou Zoo revealed wagging tails, sparking backlash for misleading visitors and harming animals. The zoo defended it, claiming dyeing dogs is no different than people dyeing their hair.
Pkle TIL that panthers are not a real species, they are jaguars and leopards who have melanism, which is the opposite of albinism.