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TIL that an estimated 30% of people will experience sleep paraylsis at least once in their life

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7jOx TIL for Donald Ducks’s 50th birthday, Walt Disney World hatched 50 Peking ducks in front of Donald Duck, so they would think he is their “mother” and follow him around for a birthday celebration parade.
kOnYg TIL Napoleon's title le petit caporal does not actually refer to his height, but is instead an endearing term that reflects on his camaraderie with ordinary soldiers.
pYBDQ TIL that mixing two metaphors like, "We'll burn that bridge when we come to it" is called a mixaphor.
BrWkk TIL that opossums not only eat lots of deer ticks, but they are also resistant to venomous snake bites.
dDLNZ TIL the Palace Theater Light (Or Eternal Light) is the second oldest light bulb still working in the U.S. Installed in 1908 just a few years after the Centennial Light. Both have carbon filaments and were made by the Shelby Electric Company