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TIL that tree frogs freeze in the winter and come back to life in the spring

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LQMm9 TIL: In 1947, the FBI issued a memo stating that the movie "It's a Wonderful Life" was a communist trick to discredit bankers because the bad guy in the movie, Mr. Potter, was a banker.
7rg9M TIL that within a month of opening her pediatric clinic, Dr. Kathleen Holland experienced six cases of children stopping breathing during their visit, one of whom died. One of her nurses had been administering dangerous injections to them, and was in fact a serial killer, unbeknownst to Dr. Holland.
nWlb TIL that in 1860 when Julia Pastrana, a woman who was very hairy and had ape like facial features, died, her husband mummified her and their dead baby’s remains to further exploit them at “freak shows.” Julia’s corpse was buried just this year and the baby’s corpse was eaten by mice in 1976.
LNxr TIL Kirstie Alley was the only surviving regular cast member of ‘Cheers’ not to appear on 'Frasier’ because appearing on a show which appeared to portray or endorse psychiatry went against her beliefs as a Scientologist.
0M05 TIL The Simpsons is credited with the popularization of the word “Meh”