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TIL that a polar bear won't set off an infrared motion detector.

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0weD1 TIL that Oral Re-hydration Therapy is a very effective and cheap treatment for dehydration that often goes un-used because IV fluids can be billed for much more.
4k9Gg TIL Mussolini’s son in law, Count Ciano, was purged from the cabinet in 1943 when he was implicated in a plot to replace his father. Despite being offered many other safer positions away from Italy as a concession to his familial ties, Ciano chose the ambassadorship to the Holy See.
KOZaE TIL that Brenda Lee was only 13 years old when she recorded Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.
LnAd TIL Christianity, Islam and Judaism all worship the same Abrahamic god. Their religious texts also feature many of the same figures, histories and places. Jesus is also a Muslim prophet.
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