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TIL During the filming of ‘Snow Buddies’ Disney imported 20 under-aged golden retriever puppies. Because they weren’t vaccinated most of the dogs contracted parvo. Five puppies died during the making of the film.

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ppWe TIL that there is was one airline crash for every 3.1 million flight flown in 2015; and that plane crashes involving “deliberate acts of unlawful interference” are not classified as accidents.
6EWZY (TIL) Haudenosaunee ironworkers from the Six Nations of the Iroquois, mostly Mohawks, raised and riveted the beams of New York’s iconic buildings. The World Trade Center was built by 500 men, 200 of whom were Mohawks. And, in the famous 1932 Lunch Atop A Skyscraper" photo 4 of the men are Mohawks.
AJMw TIL Buddy Fletcher, husband of Reddit CEO Ellen Pao, is being described as being the operator of Ponzi scheme after his now bankrupt firm diverted money for their own use and, according to the Chapter 11 trustee, committed fraud against investors. Three Louisiana pension funds lost $144 million.
nW6lG TIL that the word "boycott" comes from a British landlord's agent in Ireland named Charles Boycott who engaged in shady practices and therefore no one would do business with him.
4Ly6 TIL A South African IT company preferred to use a pigeon to transport a 4GB flash drive over 80 km (50 mi) instead of using the country’s biggest ISP’s ADSL. Including downloading, it took two hours for the data to arrive, the same amount of time it took to tranfer 4% of the data over the ADSL.