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TIL Texas spiny lizards have pushup contests for territory

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PYe8V TIL Harold and Kumar were written to go to Krispy Kreme, but after the company declined to be featured in the film, White Castle was selected instead. Happy about the free advertising, White Castle become the first fast food chain to have an R-Rated comedy advertised on fast food containers
e0KZn TIL That Baltimore and Washington DC are slowly becoming one city with a metro area covering 4 states, and a total population of over 9 million people
JYlkk TIL of Paddy the Wanderer, a beloved stray Airedale Terrier from Wellington, New Zealand who befriended workers, cabbies, and seamen; sometimes stowing away on visiting ships (said to have crossed Tasman Sea many times).
41Do TIL The US founding fathers formally said,“the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion” in the Treaty of Tripoli
4YyN TIL the iconic opening sound used in Law and Order known as “The Clang” is an amalgamation of nearly a dozen sounds, including an actual gavel, a jail door slamming, and five hundred Japanese monks walking across a hardwood floor