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TIL the Arctic ground squirrel can enter a state of hibernation where its body temperature drops to below freezing.

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NXaRP TIL during the construction of the Flamingo casino Bugsy Siegel boasted one day that he had personally killed some men; he saw the panicked look on the face of head contractor Del Webb and reassured him, "Del, don't worry, we only kill each other."
Z0Wv TIL Over 1100 men died aboard the USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor. When a survivor of the attack passes away, they have the option to be interred inside the ship, to be buried with the rest of their crew.
Q5Ne TIL in V for Vendetta, the motto of Norsefire, the totalitarian fascists that conquer Britain and create a Nazi-esque dictatorship, is “Make Britain Great Again”
wQWE TIL a “paracosm” is the proper word for a detailed imaginary world created inside one’s mind.
X0EJQ TIL The fog in San Francisco has been named Karl and has its own twitter account