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Today I learned that on April Fool's Day in 1997, Alex Trebek hosted Wheel of Fortune and Pat Sajak hosted Jeopardy.

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W16d TIL In Switzerland, Rabies has been virtually eradicated after scientists placed chicken heads laced with a vaccine in the Swiss Alps. The foxes of Switzerland, proven to be the main source of rabies in the country, ate the chicken heads and immunized themselves.
4epN TIL James Cameron altered the stars in the night sky of the raft scene in Titanic 3D after Neil DeGrasse Tyson sent him a “snarky email” pointing out that the star field would have been different in 1912.
LkL9V TIL The largest recorded temperature change in one place over a 24-hour period occurred on January 15, 1972, in Loma, Montana, when the temperature rose from −54 to 49 °F (−47.8 to 9.4 °C)
MrAa TIL asylum seekers coming to Australia by boat are 3 to 4 times more likely to be legitimate refugees than asylum seekers arriving by plane.
PZ7G TIL the area surrounding Cape Canaveral was given the area code 321, like a launch countdown, after someone discovered it was not in use.