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TIL a lost 1 year old boy was kept alive by feral cats.

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awBEb TIL that in 2013, rapper Eminem was offered a deal with director Neil Blomkamp to star in the movie "Elysium" as the main protagonist, Max DeCosta. Eminem later declined the offer, because Blomkamp refused to film the movie in Eminem's home city, Detroit. The role was later given to Matt Damon.
oRdLR TIL Prisoners in Birkenau concentration camp during Nazi Germany had better chances of survival (60%) if they worked in the latrines. Nazi officials avoided those areas, reducing the risk of abuse. Workers could also recover food other prisoners' vomit, gain privileged info, and receive bribes.
g9LX TIL that Charles Muntz, the villian from Up, was named after Charles Mintz. A man who tried to sue Walt Disney over Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
O4le TIL approximately 38% of English-language slang words for vomit come from Australia.
4XAk5 TIL that Disneyland has its own color called "Go Away Green"—a shade that's meant to help things blend in with the landscaping. Go Away Green is a gray-green (and kinda bluish) shade, tested and formulated to blend in well among almost anything: concrete, landscaping, the sky, you name it.