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TIL Based on the landmarks in the training scene of Rocky II, Rocky ran 30.61 miles before jumping around with a bunch of kids at the top of the stairs at The Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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r964 TIL Hawaii will provide its homeless residents with a one-way ticket back to the continental United States.
p8v4Q Green-haired turtle that breathes through its genitals added to the endangered list.
0w9wN TIL Madame Tussaud, of Wax Museum fame, was an artist in the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. During the French Revolution, she was forced to make wax death masks of both of their faces immediately after they were guillotined.
4vx5 TIL that during WWII, The Japanese would hand out candy to starving Chinese children. The candy was laced with anthrax (a deadly poison).
woooJ TIL Alligators in Florida developed areas are only considered a "nuisance" if over 4 feet long.