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TIL that Jim Carrey wrote letters to Tupac Shakur when Tupac was in prison to help him laugh and smile.

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WkPp4 TIL Mars, Inc, maker of M&Ms and Snickers, is also America’s largest veterinary provider. Since 2007, the corporation has bought many animal hospital and laboratory networks, now employing over 9% of all U.S. veterinarians.
4XA8b TIL that in 1963, contractor Amos Peters constructed a small suspension bridge to facilitate safe squirrel crossing over a busy street in Longview, Washington. “The Nutty Narrows” is now on the National Historic Register.
JNdQ TIL blue whales sometimes break from a song and then pick it up in the exact same spot six months later. Scientists have no idea how or why this is done.
X0JVP TIL there are roughly 200 bodies left up on Mt Everest. An unidentified man nicknamed "Green boots" is among the most well-known.
OZZg TIL that in July 2013, a fake FBI warning originating from computer malware led to a 21-year old turning himself in to the real FBI for child pornography and child sexual abuse.