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TIL that a woman in Florida surgically implanted a Disney World MagicBand into her arm. MagicBands are used at the parks to keep track of tickets, purchases, and room keys. Disney now puts a "not intended for subdermal use" warning on all their MagicBands.

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JYKw8 TIL of the Sulimov dog, which was created from a hybrid between 2 Lapponian Herder dogs and 2 golden jackals for Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot. It was bred together with various other breeds for 7 generations to increase trainability and establish a breed.
4kNDo TIL that The Jerry Springer show actually started out as a serious, issues-oriented political talk show. It was only reformatted as a tabloid talk show beginning in 1994 to boost its poor ratings.
5Ydgp TIL Brazilian Orange Juice companies now own a majority of Florida's OJ production facilities and over 50% of the juice from Florida-labeled brands sold in stores is actually concentrate from Brazil.
ANKgw TIL that Boston Corbett, the man who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, had castrated himself with a pair of scissors years earlier
GJlJ TIL that during Operation Shingle (a battle in Italy during World War 2) Eric Fletcher Waters was shot and killed, leaving behind his son in England. This kid’s name was Rodger Waters, the bassist and main lyricist for Pink Floyd. The death of his father was the inspiration for the album The Wall.