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TIL Terry from 'Wayne's World' is also Tobias Beecher from 'Oz.'

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NKXe TIL With over 4,700 species of frogs, only one (the Pacific Tree Frog) goes “RIBBIT”. Because Hollywood sound engineers recorded clips of local frogs for various films over the years, we associate the “RIBBIT” sound with frogs to this day.
D1nRY TIL that there is a monument in Georgia which gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild society after an unknown apocalyptic event, whilst also functioning as a compass, calendar and clock
oBB9Y TIL that in 2004 Kevin Spacey claimed he was mugged by "a kid" at 4:30 in the morning, then changed his story to police several hours later, claiming instead that he fell
ADoLl TIL in the 1870s, the city of Liège, Belgium hired 37 cats to deliver mail. It was unsuccessful.
XE7Gk TIL: Jefferson Davis, U.S. Senator and President of the Confederacy, was caught by Union soldiers about a month after Robert E. Lee's surrender to Grant, wearing women's clothes in as desperate attempt to evade capture.