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TIL Mickey Mouse will be public domain on January 1, 2024

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b9GN TIL that the Haskell opera house & Library straddles the border of the US and Canada. The audience sits in the US to watch a show on a stage which is actually in Canada. The front door is in the US and the books are in Canada.
8dP TIL a school in Mississippi put together a fake prom only to invite the gay and disabled students, while the rest of the school went to prom at a secret location. (#6)
1aW9W TIL When the creator of Plants Vs. Zombies refused to make their next game pay to win, Electronic Arts fired the creator.
69oXJ TIL according to Nielsen: streaming services captured more viewers than cable TV for the first time ever in July 2022. Streaming had a 34.8% share of total television consumption during the month, followed by cable TV (34.4%) and broadcast TV (21.6%).
9Y80B TIL that Valentine's Day is the day that St. Valentine was beaten with clubs and tortured to death for performing secret marriages against the Emperor's wishes. The Emperor banned all marriages because soldiers didn't want to leave their families to fight in wars.