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TIL Matt Stone and Trey Parker are not atheists contrary to the common South Park's fan's guess on their religious stance

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GpRN TIL that at night, Disneyland becomes overrun by stray cats. Disney embraces them because they keep the mouse population in check and treats them like pets, including spaying and neutering them and giving them shots.
OoNvY TIL that the 334 survivors of the USS Arizona sinking can choose to be buried on board the ship--and several dozen have done so.
jddM TIL Neil deGrasse Tyson danced Ballet, Jazz, Afro-Carribean, and Latin Ballroom style while attending Harvard. He also won a gold medal in Latin Ballroom style with the University of Texas dance team
Ow7a TIL that the Dodd Frank Consumer Protection Act had a clause in it called the Eddie Murphy Rule to prevent insider trading in the commodities market, in reference to the movie Trading Places.
W7p6Y TIL about ether, a drug that took Ireland and most of baltic/eastern Europe by storm in the 18th and 19th century. Village addiction rates were up to 90% with entire villages reeking off the drug, commonly used as an alternative to alcohol for the poor or abstinent. Even 10yo children took it.