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TIL that before making “Team America,” Trey Parker and Matt Stone intended to make a shot-for-shot puppet parody of “The Day After Tomorrow.”

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l7EVr TIL that social media addiction is Gen Z’s #1 mental health concern
nWGAY TIL the concept of putting wheels on luggage was invented in 1970, a year after we put humans on the moon.
J1RYj TIL a toddler was killed by an alligator while he was playing in a lagoon at a Disney resort in 2016. The father tried to wrestle the boy away from the alligator but failed and an intense search was launched. It took 16 hours to find the boy and he was found 10-15 feet from where he was last seen.
gZ9b TIL in ancient Persia, engineers built a type of evaporative cooler that could store ice, even in the middle of summer. It is called a Yakhchal.
PKgE TIL that Hilter’s bloodline is almost extinct as his five remaining relatives have made a verbal pact to never have children.