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TIL that in Japan eating Christmas dinner at KFC is so popular that two-hour lines form at some locations as people wait to get in.

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A184 TIL that caterpillars form ‘processions’ of up to 300 insects in a row, mimicking a snake so as to avoid being picked off by predators
d8g6r TIL In 1943 German student Sophie Scholl was sentenced to death for her role in the White Rose non-violent resistence group. The entire process of being taken from her cell to being executed by guillotine was recorded as having taken 48 seconds.
5BE9 TIL Oklahoma passed California last year as the most seismically active state in the continental U.S.
E1ked TIL that the dog breed 'shih tzu' were bred for royalty in ancient China and where pets for many emperors.
VMmeQ TIL Dr. Leonid Rogozov developed appendicitis during the Soviet Antarctic Expedition and had to self-surgically perform an appendectomy since there were no other physicians present. He returned to work two weeks later and was eventually awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.