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TIL U.S Customs seizes an average of $4.3 million in counterfeit products per day.

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PAwg TIL in 2005, Roy E. Disney ousted then CEO Micheal Eisner for being timid in the theme park business, neglecting animation studios, fracturing relations with Pixar, instilling corporate mentality among employees, and turning Disney into a “rapacious, soul-less” conglomerate.
gr1B7 TIL Less than 10% of the world's population is atheist or agnostic.
kJdx7 TIL Federico da Montefeltro lost one of his eyes in a tournament so he had the bridge of his nose removed to increase the field of vision of his remaining eye.
p8Pj4 TIL that in order to receive compensation from the original September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, the recipients had to agree not to sue the airlines whose planes were hijacked in the attacks.
6Vnw TIL: The world record for alcohol consumption is by Andre the Giant, who drank 156 beers in one sitting (over 73 litres/16 gallons).