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TIL Walt Disney originally considered building Disney World in New Orleans, but instead turned it down because he found out that "Florida offered Disney everything while Louisiana’s politicians demanded everything" by jacking up prices for the planned area

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JXGm TIL the African Union intends to have a single, continent-wide currency modeled on the Euro. One proposed name for the currency is the “Afro.”
mxXgx TIL in 1964, Warren Buffett agreed to selling shares of a failing company for $11.50 per share. The written offer was for only $11.375, so Buffett bought more stock, took control of the company and fired the man who made the offer. The company was Berkshire Hathaway.
nex57 TIL a study by Durex found that the Japanese had the least sex in the world & only 24% of Japanese were satisfied with their sex life
0d1KL TIL during a hunting trip in 1913 the race car driver Camille Jenatzy hid behind a bush, made animal noises and was promptly shot by a friend, he died in a car on the way to hospital, fulfilling his own prediction that he would die in a Mercedes
W718N TIL The author of Peter Pan also wrote a 19th century book on quitting smoking - Before he conceived of Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie decided it was time to grow up and quit smoking. He justifies this decision in My Lady Nicotine. The bodily and spiritual ruin, the economic impact.