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TIL that after The Lion King came out, a Hyena biologist sued Disney for defamation of character, on behalf of the Hyenas

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QJlXd TIL in 1946, a black WWII veteran was taking a bus home in uniform, and asked the driver to stop for a bathroom break. The driver called the police, and the local chief of police arrested the man, beat him, and gouged out his eyes with a nightstick. The officer was acquitted by an all-white jury.
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