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TIL It’s illegal to own pet hamsters in Hawaii.

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BLry TIL a sick Great Dane was rushed to the emergency hospital. Unidentifiable foreign material showed up in his stomach on xray. Hours later, the surgeon reported removing 43-and-a-half socks from the dog’s stomach, saving his life.
nWxjo TIL: The screenwriters of the 1957 film "Bridge on the River Kwai" were on the Hollywood blacklist, so the non-english speaking author of the book the film was based on was credited as the screenwriter instead. The film won an academy award for screenwriting.
dD75r TIL about Ectopia Cordis, a rare condition where a baby’s heart forms outside the chest. One notable case is Audrina Cardenas, born in 2012, who survived after surgery to place her heart back inside her body.
Ajko TIL For the Apollo 11 moon landing conspiracy theory to be true, over 400,000 people would need to be part of the secret.
9kB6 TIL that if you fail your driver’s license practical test three times in Switzerland, you have to visit a Psychologist to explain why you failed it.