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TIL Gerbils are illegal as pets in California due to its climate being so similar to the gerbil's natural desert habitat that state officials are concerned that gerbils who escape or are released into the wild could establish feral colonies

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4XWAb TIL that the famous horror film "The nightmare on elm street" is actually based on a true story. The director claimed of a young boy who saw a mysterious creature trying to kill him in his dreams. Days after trying to stay awake, the boy screamed, then died in his sleep
K7bw TIL Lou Ferrigno once lifted a car by himself while playing the hulk instead of waiting for the broken steel lift to be repaired for the scene.
lmZB TIL that people used to think the kidneys governed one’s conscience, and several Bible verses say God inspects the kidneys of the dead. Jewish tradition holds that one kidney counsels what is good, and the other what is evil.
dorr TIL there are electric charging stations all along the Trans Canada Highway, making it the world’s longest electric vehicle highway at 10,125 km
D1MBY TIL that so many cartel swift boats are slamming the West Coast that vessel-recovery services contracted by US Customs have stopped auctioning "pangas" for fear of replenishing cartel fleets.