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TIL About Aralez, dog-like spirits from Armenian mythology that capable of healing wounds and reviving the dead.

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0wJJv TIL in 1976 a woman sued Disney for $150,000 in damages, claiming one of the Three Little Pigs fondled her at "It's a Small World" and that she gained 50 lbs (23 kg) as a result. The case was dropped when the costume was found to have "inoperable stub arms," making said fondling impossible.
D1vAj TIL that Reinhard Heydrich served as the president of the International Criminal Police Commission/INTERPOL from 1940-42
oB9MY Today I Learned that one can approximate the current temperature (in Fahrenheit) by counting cricket chirps for 14 seconds, then add 40.
x6oOg TIL that Swiss Balloonist, Auguste Piccard, was the inspiration for both Professor Calculus, in the Tintin comics, and that Gene Roddenberry named Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek after him.
KWBG TIL president JFK refused to let Sammy Davis Jr perform at the white house because he was black and married a white woman