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TIL Ducks should be fed frozen peas instead of bread.

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wKo8 TIL that when director Harold Ramis was filming Groundhog Day he filmed every outdoor scene in every possible weather condition so that way when the film was being edited he could make sure the weather never changed during the single day Murray relives over and over again
KAjR TIL that Walt Disney built a house for his parents the year that “Snow White” came out. The furnace in the new house was faulty, and within weeks the gas leak killed his mother.
DwGg TIL that, while Edgar Allen Poe was known for his horror writing, he was also fond of high-profile hoaxes and practical jokes.
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