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TIL Walt Disney’s last words were “Kurt Russell.”

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PY4vG TIL in Finland, local municipalities can veto parliamentary ratification of licensing a new nuclear reactor within their regions.
v1YVR TIL Lucy Punch, also known as Esme Squalor from A Series of Unfortunate Events, has played an evil stepsister in no fewer than four different versions of Cinderella
R7xj4 TIL "Dove" and "Pigeon" are names for the same bird. They're both names for members of the same family, Columbidae
v1OrD TIL of Larry Walters, who in 1982 rode a lawn chair attached to helium balloons to 16,000 feet. He ended up floating in the path of pilots at LAX Airport. Armed with a pellet gun, he controlled his descent by firing the gun at the balloons, popping them one by one.
b85a TIL Jupiter is as big as it can possibly get. If it gained more mass, it would begin to shrink due to higher gravity pulling the gasses in.