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TIL Seacrest Wolf Preserve in Washington County, Florida gives visitors the opportunity to pet and play with wolves

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ADaXn TIL China's single child policy resulted in groups of people that had never encountered genetic siblings. The notion of "sibling" was a hard one for the children to grasp - a task made more difficult by the Chinese tendency to use the term for "brother" or "sister" when talking about cousins
pPN4 TIL President Reagan was due to the deliver the State of the Union address the evening of the Challenger Disaster. Instead, he postponed the speech a week and delivered this tribute to the Challenger crew to the nation. It’s been listed as one of the most significant speeches of the 20th century.
rRa01 TIL when Halle Berry won 'Worst Actress' for Catwoman (2004) at the Razzie Awards, she accepted the award in person, holding her Oscar for Monster's Ball (2001) in one hand and the Razzie in the other. She thanked Warner Bros. during her speech for putting her in "a piece of shit, god-awful movie."
7OBr TIL a CA man driving in an HOV lane claimed the Articles of Incorporation of his business, which had been placed unbuckled on the driver’s seat, constituted a person, citing a CA law that defines a person as “natural persons and corporations”. The courts ruled against him, citing “common sense.”
OGkd7 TIL that Willie Nelson was married to Martha Matthew. The marriage was marked by violence, as Matthews assaulted Nelson on several occasions. On one occasion, she sewed him up in bedsheets and beat him with a broomstick.