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TIL That the term "Chinese fire drill" actually refers to both a fire drill and a confused Chinese crew on a British ship in the 20th century. Instructions were mis-translated and chaos reigned

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wL99W TIL that the last notable author to make the Catholic Church's "banned books" list was Simone de Beauvoir. The Index Librorum Prohibitorum was discontinued no sooner than 1966.
bpZ0 TIL There actually exists a duck-size horse. Her name is Thumbelina.
neYvb TIL about the existence of "The Sweatbox," a making-of documentary about Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove" that Disney had financed but was so "awkwardly truthful" about how Disney movies are made, it was never officially released
JY90l TIL that 22% land (approx 1,100,000 acres) of New Jersey is occupied by New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, spread across 7 counties.
VgLB TIL: When Spirited Away won the Academy Award for Animation, Hayo Miyazaki personally chose not to attend the show because he “didn’t want to visit a country that was bombing Iraq”