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TIL hamsters and gerbils are illegal in Australia

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PDLE TIL the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for Muhammad Ali is the only one that’s placed on a wall and not the ground, because Ali “did not want the name of Muhammad to be stepped on”
PPQJ TIL there is a German engineering company named Festo that designs swimming underwater robots that replicate the movements of animals using a “fluidic muscle.” They have working models of a penguin, a ray, a gull, and a flying manta ray blimp.
G4Y4 TIL the Space Shuttle Enterprise was named after the Federation Starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) which, being a Federation flagship, was named after the United Earth Starship ISS Enterprise (NX-01) which was named after the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
jKp TIL on July 18, 1984, a man walked into a crowded McDonald’s in San Ysidro, CA and began shooting, killing 21 people and injuring 19 more. The shooter had called a mental health center prior to the attack, but his message had not been returned.
X04MQ TIL That in the movie Clueless, Josh is Cher's step-brother