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TIL that the “frog won’t jump out of a pot before being boiled as long as the heat is turned up slowly” myth is false. Frogs are cold blooded and naturally move to cooler place if they get too hot.

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ajkA TIL Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan) was the The Kid with Charlie Chaplin. His mother and stepfather squandered his millions from film earnings - up to $70,000,000 in 2015 dollars. He sued them, establishing what is now known as the Coogan Act which protects the earnings of child performers.
LQpQv TIL Doctors can't own hospitals. Wtf why?
VBlvB TIL of "Earthquake diplomacy" between Turkey and Greece which was initiated after successive earthquakes hit both countries in the summer of 1999. Since then both countries help each other in case of an earthquake no matter how their relations are.
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wLWvE TIL that some of the boulevard medians in Milwaukee, Wisconsin have 8-10 ft deep bunkers with toilets in them, originally installed in the 1930s as a convenience for city workers who were out and about all day without access to a toilet