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TIL in 2004, a man named Brian Jones purchase the house where much of A Christmas Story was filmed and restored it. Then he opened a gift shop across the street, museum next to it.

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LQdQP TIL that one person is a doctor, lawyer, dentist, and scientist. Scott Orr has DDS, PhD, JD, and MD degrees. He is a professor of anesthesiology, law, plastic surgery, and sports medicine in Las Vegas.
kJ7A7 TIL about Julia Butterfly Hill, and American environmental activist who lived in a giant redwood tree for 738 days to stop it from being cut down by a logging company
neVE9 TIL about the first robot. The servant of Philon was an ancient Greek humanoid figure capable of automatically filling a wine cup when placed in its hand. It accomplished its task using a pneumatic system that was very advanced for its time.
0wbV1 TIL that Ichneumon wasps lay their eggs inside trees where they detect formerly laid and evolved wood wasp larvae. They paralize the other larvae through poison and then lay their single egg on top of it. Scientists are not sure how they find their victims through centimenters of solid tree bark
Rx44 TIL the Carolina Dog is a breed that was discovered living wild in the Southeast in the 1970’s, and after extensive DNA testing they are believed to be the descendant of the first animals to accompany humans across the Bering land bridge to North America thousands of years ago.