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TIL, Disneyland's Jungle Cruise is now a self sustaining ecosystem and requires very little landscaping

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Y7mmZ TIL a woman spent two years in her boyfriend’s bathroom
ax9L TIL During WWII, Major Hajime Fuji, a training instructor, presented his petition to serve as a kamikaze pilot written in blood; his wife drowned herself and their children so that he should have no conflicting ties.
grWYy TIL in 1988, the experimental group Negativland put out a press release claiming their tour was cancelled due to their music being linked with David Brom's axe murder of his family. In reality, the cancellation was due to lack of funds. This did not, however, stop news reporters taking up the story.
eGdJ TIL that the term “Boycott” comes from Captain Charles Boycott, an Irish land agent who evicted farmers from their land during poor harvests. His entire town shunned him, leaving him without and goods, mail, etc. He was forced to leave the country later that year.
NlW6 TIL of the almost 200 current member states of the United Nations, the British have, at some point in history, invaded and established a military presence in 171 of them.