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9YGPm TIL American alligators live farther from the equator and are able to handle colder weather conditions better than all other crocodilians. They have adapted to freezing water by going into periods of brumation. The natural range of the American alligator extends as far north as North Carolina.
LNBZ TIL The Red Cross once warned Blink 182 to edit album artwork “or they would be in violation of the Geneva Convention”
9wOAp TIL The Cartoon X-Men theme was lifted from Hermeto Pascoal
voBR TIL: A man holds a Guinness World Record for most completions of Dark Souls using alternative controllers (including a Rock Band drumkit)
ne8Db TIL about the goldrush town of Chicken, Alaska. It was to be named Ptarmigan but they couldn't agree on the spelling. So, to avoid future embarrassment they settled on Chicken. Bullet dodged.