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TIL Melbourne gave some of its trees email addresses so residents could report problems. Instead, the trees received love letters.

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8aBN4 TIL phone numbers on the North American Numbering Plan between 555-0100 and 555-0199 are required to be non-working in all area codes, as they are reserved for fictitious phone numbers in entertainment and advertising, such as for movies and TV Shows.
jN0OR TIL that in parts of India, when a Tiger kills someone in the forest a red cloth is tied to a tree to mark the spot where they are killed and to show where a tiger has been hunting.
KOW7R TIL some peanut butters contain xylitol, which is toxic to dogs.
oBZ5o TIL Vince Coleman, a railway dispatcher, sacrificed his life in order to warn an incoming train of an imminent explosion. His telegraph said "Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbor making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys." He saved 300 lives.
wkdo TIL early in Sylvester Stallone’s career he was so poor he sold his dog to a guy named “Little Jimmy” for $50 and later bought it back for $3000. He ended up casting Little Jimmy in his film Rocky.