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TIL Dolly Parton penned an original song and locked it away to be opened and played publicly only on her 100th birthday. No one else has ever heard it nor will anyone until January 19, 2046.

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aw4AZ TIL that a Ukrainian woman named Mariya oktyabrskaya sold all her possessions so she could donate a tank to help with the war and requested to drive so she could kill Nazis after her husband died fighting in the war.she was promoted to sergeant and awarded a bravery during combat award
xZWb TIL a woman in Phoenix, AZ sued her doctors for child support because they failed to discover her pregnancy in time for her to have it terminated. The jury unanimously rejected the lawsuit after 25 minutes of deliberation.
ZwRY TIL In a 2010 interview, IBM’s CEO said: “We could have improved quality and reduced the costs of the health-care system by $900 billion. … I said we would do it for free to prove that it works. They turned us down.”
pYW5Z TIL there's an "Old Perth" and that Perth, AU is basically "New Perth".
D7GV TIL there is a frog which lets itself completely freeze into a ‘frogsicle’ every Winter. Its heart stills, blood stops flowing, and eyes go white because its lenses freeze. In the Summer it thaws and hops away, good as new!