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TIL Matthew Perry doesn't remember filming three seasons of Friends due to his substance use.

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W89d TIL there’s a zipper truck on the Golden Gate Bridge that shifts the median from one lane to another to increase traffic flow in either direction.
p8aNA TIL - The Song “Rubber Duckie” by Ernie from Sesame Street, reached #16 on the Billboard charts in September of 1970.
yVdZJ TIL that Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil could speak and write in Portuguese, Latin, French, German, English, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Chinese, Occitan and the now-extinct Tupi language.
KOy7a 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
KYDnQ TIL that Australia is so proud of the Hills Hoist rotary clothesline that it is an offical ‘National Treasure’, has an expat rugby team in London named after it and featured prominently in the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.