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TIL: Louisville Kentucky produces 90% of the world’s discoballs

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699Z8 TIL that Continental Drift was considered pseudoscience despite the evidence to the contrary, and was openly ridiculed by the scientific community
5Gv9 TIL a Kyle Brennan died from a gunshot wound while visiting his Scientologist father. It was declared suicide, however Kyle’s fingerprints were not on the weapon, the bullet was missing, his laptop data was deleted, no suicide note was left and his father called David Miscavige’s sister before 911.
Ev0P TIL that at night, Disneyland has several feral cats living on the park that they use to catch rats and mice on the park grounds. Disney now treats them like pets, by spaying and neutering them, giving them shots, and having feeding stations set up for them.
oRxA8 TiL that because of creative differences following the recording of "By the Way", Flea nearly quit the Red Hot Chili Peppers to teach full time at a music conservatory.
k0d4 TIL that “In 2013, India officially recognized dolphins as non-human persons”