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TIL It's illegal to own gerbils, ferrets and hamsters as a pet in Hawaii.

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9YLWM TIL about The Day The Clown Cried, directed and starring Jerry Lewis about a clown sent to a concentration camp. The ambitious 1972 film was plagued by problems in production and was never finished. Lewis' son donated an incomplete copy to the Library of Congress but won't be shown until 2025.
8exLG TIL that Norm MacDonald, the comedian, did not found McDonald's as their names aren't even the same.
6K0m TIL scientists tracked a Cuvier’s beaked whale that dived to the depth of 2,992 m (9,816ft). The same whale stayed underwater, without taking a single breath, for 138 minutes.
KoWG TIL in 1930 the US government barred and returned any mail from Spain bearing a new set of stamps, which showed a world-famous painting of a naked woman
GYy05 TIL The reason why we view neanderthals as hunched over and degenerate is that the first skeleton to be found was arthritic.