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TIL hedgehogs cannot be owned as pets in California

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wLDao TIL 20-50% of hypothermia fatalities are due to paradoxical undressing, or removing clothes due to disorientation.
XEK56 TIL the US government imposed a tax on telephone service in 1898 to support the Spanish-American War and only stopped collecting it in 2006.
dlJZ TIL the black-footed cat, Africa’s smallest feline predator, has been known to kill sheep by hanging on to their throats until they have bitten through the jugular. Their maximum size is roughly 5 lbs.
j0Aj TIL about Charlie, a Blue Macaw, who is still alive after 117 years. Charlie first hatched in 1899, and is the oldest of its kind to ever be recorded. The bird can be heard screeching anti-Nazi propaganda at his current home at a garden center in England.
690X7 TIL that Glow Sticks were found to break multiple consumer protection laws in 2014. "The use of dibutyl phthalate in glow sticks, considered to be toys, is a violation of the law" and in seven out of nine cases, the chemical ingredients did not match what was reported.