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TIL Hitchcock's famous fright film Psycho turns 60
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TIL hundreds of mummified seals have been found as far as 41 miles inland in Antarctica. One tested specimen had been sitting out in the open for 1,500 years. Researchers theorize that 1-2 seals annually get lost during white-out events and accidentally travel inland, where they eventually die.
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TIL that Sesame Street had a Dolly Parton parody called Polly Darton that sang a version of 9to5 called 1 to 5 to help pre-schoolers count...
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TIL that there were 104 new models of mobile phones introduced in 2010, more than in any other year
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TIL that General Electric in Schenectady, NY has the zip code 12345, and receives thousands of letters to Santa yearly from kids who guess Santa’s address. Employees there often use their breaks to write response letters.
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TIL in 2006 a wine-tasting robot confirmed that human flesh tastes like pork (especially bacon)