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TIL Walt Disney World has a permanent no-fly zone above it

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m1odR TIL Kaiser Wilhelm II was on vacation when WW1 started. Upon his return Kaiser was furious at Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg over ultimatum saying "How did it all happen?" He offered resignation as apology but Wilhelm refused to accept it stating "You've made this stew, now you're going to eat it!"
nWNpP TIL: Of the hundreds of thousands of Infantrymen who have fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, only 325 have been awarded the third award of the Combat Infantryman's Badge, known as the Triple CIB
XEl8X TIL, the city of Kazan is not only one of the oldest cities in Russia, but in Eastern Europe as well. It’s about 150 years older than Moscow. Officially founded in 1005, and became part of the largest Mongol-Tatar empire in the world, the Golden Horde, in the 13th century.
168m7 TIL the most films seen in a cinema in a single year is 777 by Zachariah Swope. He started with Minions: Rise of Gru in July 2022 and finished with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in June 2023.
gr04A TIL Luddites were protesting working conditions and low pay, not technology