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TIL in 2013 Disney tried to trademark the phrase, “Día de Los Muertos,” a Mexican holiday.

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9Y5AM TIL The Paraguayan Fortress of Humaitá was known as the Gibraltar of South America. The security of the fortress likely caused overconfidence in President Francisco Solano López, who launched the Paraguayan War, which he lost, 150,000 Paraguayans died, and Humaitá was razed by the Triple Alliance.
VBgdk TIL the largest ring size in the world belongs to a man with a 4.78” finger circumference.
5Ymd9 TIL after TJ Miller got accused of sexual misconduct and called in a fake bomb threat, Dreamworks hired an impersonator to dub over his lines in How To Train Your Dragon 3 to match his performance exactly (it had already been animated) in order to not change the film but still dissociate him from it
X0X8R TIL newborn babies can contract herpes via contact with a person suffering from a cold sore and this is fatal in some cases.
R7Roj TIL that when William the Conqueror died his funeral was delayed for several days. By the time they laid him to rest his body was too bloated from decay to fit in his tomb. They tried to force it in and he exploded.