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TIL If you are an AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Sprint or Bell Mobility subscriber, you can report spam texts to your carrier by copying the original message and forwarding it to the number 7726 (SPAM), free of charge.

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OobM1 TIL Hitler was never president of Germany. He was appointed chancellor by the president (Paul von Hindenburg), and became the Fuhrer upon Hindenburg's death.
NXX86 TIL that a snail's mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but it can have over 25,000 teeth .
v1OoD TIL: The Walt Disney Company is the second largest purchaser of explosive devices, right behind the U.S. Department of Defense.
KY6QB TIL: Some species of pelicans develop “breeding horns” on their bills during their mating seasons that fall off after they lay their eggs
ewXL TIL actor Werner Herzog was shot while filming an interview by an unknown individual with an air rifle. Herzog continued the interview and showed his wound on camera but acted as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened, remarking, “It is not a significant bullet.”