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TIL There is an emergency hotline in the US where you can call and listen to Hall and Oates songs

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rRlVd TIL that plants don't die from cancer because plant cells can recreate any cell type the plant needs (unlike animal cells) so they replace dead cells & tissues easily. Also mutated plant cells are usually not able to spread to other parts of a plant due to rigid interconnecting cell walls
vg8 TIL The USA basketball team controversially won silver against the USSR at the 1972 Olympic games, and to this day the team refuses to collect their medals
8D84 TIL that the Tijuana International Airport in Mexico lies along the U.S. border and even includes a terminal on the U.S. side, making it the only airport to have terminals in two countries.
9wOxX TIL when a male anglerfish finds a female, it bites into her, melts it's body to her down to the blood-vessel level so that she has a male immediately available when she is ready to spawn.
yVkgv TIL 20,000 leagues under the sea refers to distance traveled and not depth