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TIL a group of hedgehogs is called a “prickle.”

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691eZ TIL that altitude can reduce the sensitivity of your taste buds, which means foods may taste less salty or sweet at elevation
nGDW TIL Murder rates were so high during the 1970s and 1980s in Miami, FL that the Dade County Medical Examiner’s Office rented a refrigerated trailer from Burger King to handle the overflow of corpses
vPGVj TIL: Mrs. Watanabe is a collection of thousands of Japanese housewives who invest while at home. In the early 2000s, they achieved cult status worldwide as investing gurus by using Forex to exchange yen for other currencies, causing a noticeable impact on global currency markets.
1Yar TIL in 2008 Nadya Suleman, mother to six children, was implanted with 12 embryos via in vitro fertilization. She gave birth to octuplets (eight babies – all survived) and was dubbed “Octomom”. Dr. Michael Kamrava lost his medical license due to of his “extreme departure from standard of care”.
ADJLd TIL In 1976 Matthew Adam Garber, the boy who played Micheal in Mary Poppins, died at the age of 21, from hepatitis that spread to his pancreas. There have always been rumors that Garber contracted the disease after unsafe drug use, but his family says it was from eating bad meat.