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TIL in 1935, Mickey Mouse was banned in Romania, since authorities believed children would be scared seeing a giant mouse on the screen.

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VMoGD TIL that in the year 1909, the British Intelligence Agency MI6 was formed but it was kept such a secret that it wasn't formally acknowledged until the year 1994.
ADAOn TIL a California man was stabbed to death by a rooster at an illegal cockfight he was attending.
ne7mY Britain's new generation of street lights risk dramatically increasing rates of breast and prostate cancer, according to a new study.
rRkR1 TIL Howard Ashman co-wrote songs for Disney Renaissance films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin while dying of complications from AIDS. Beauty’s dedication reads: “To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul, we will be forever grateful.”
Z80y4 TIL Cobra Commander was a used car salesman in the GI JOE comics. His brother was killed in a drunk driving accident, he became embittered and started a pyramid scheme called COBRA.