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TIL a man called “Arthur Gehrke” hibernated from november to april every year for 25 years.

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xVk7D TIL there is a Japanese inn that opened in 718, that has been managed by 46 generations of the Houshi family. The inn has been operating for 1,300 years.
M7mNW TIL Rickrolling came from the practice of Duckrolling, which was a bate-and-switch prank that led people to a picture of a wheeled duck. The prank came after another prank that changed the word "eggroll" to duckroll".
VNWG TIL in 1840 Abraham Lincoln and four other legislators jumped out of a window in order to prevent a vote that would have eliminated the Illinois state bank.
9wjM TIL Google Maps is so advanced it lists planned roads that do not yet exist.
9YQdM TIL our modern depiction of the stereotypical witch comes from brewsters of the Middle Ages who would use cauldrons to brew, broomsticks as shop signs, and tall pointy hats to stand out in a crowd.