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TIL Disney World has a special village for kids from Make A Wish called Give Kids The World Village which is staffed by 50,000 volunteers and overwhelms these children with affection and attention

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ma9M TIL of an experiment in a hospital where the sign at a hand-washing station was changed from “Hand hygiene prevents you from catching diseases” to “Hand hygiene prevents patients from catching diseases” resulting in a 45% increase in the use of soap or hand sanitizer.
OooaL TIL about Patrick the Wombat. He was the world’s oldest wombat at 32 years, and died a virgin. He had a Tinder profile and rode around in a wheelbarrow.
KOy4Q TIL BBC delayed the release of David Bowie's song Space Oddity due to the Moon Landing
m56E TIL 60% of gun-related deaths in the U.S. are suicides (see 4th and 5th leading cause of death in far-right “Total” column) [PDF].
R7aP1 TIL Black GIs coming to wartime Britain found a relatively liberal attitude to segregation. They still weren't allowed to mix with American whites, but had no restriction on mixing with British whites.