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TIL sea turtle gender is determined by the temperature of the incubation. Boys are literally cool while girls are hot!

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v1JLK TIL that the "Heidi Game" refers to when NBC prematurely cut away from their broadcast of a 1968 US pro football game to show the film Heidi; in the game's final seconds, the Raiders scored two touchdowns to beat the Jets. The TV audience had no idea about the surprise outcome.
LogQ TIL Seven Eleven was bought out by Seven Eleven Japan and has been fully Japanese owned since 2005
ZxyG TIL The Michelin Rating Guide was started so that people would drive long distances to dine at the best restaurants and therefore wear out their tires, only to be replaced by…Michelin
69oQ8 TIL Jim Davis' (aka the creator of the Garfield comic strip) first wife was allergic to cats
6LnY TIL in 1975, Queen’s manager, John Reid, played “Bohemian Rhapsody” for Elton John (another one of his clients) prior to its release. Elton retorted, “Are you mad? You’ll never get that on the radio!”. The song eventually reached #1, and Elton covered it at Freddie Mercury’s tribute concert in 1992.