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TIL The Walt Disney Company makes about $1,110 per second.

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E1G8d TIL Daniel Kish is a blind man who taught himself to navigate by echolocation (like bats) by making swift clicking sounds that reflected from objects around him. Using these reflected sounds, he makes a mental image of his surroundings. He now trains others to 'see' the world like he does.
OoopR TIL: Chernobyl was closed in 2000, Japan has still most of the nuclear reactors in standby.
M1e7 TIL Thomas Jefferson and John Adams once traveled to Stratford-upon-Avon to visit Shakespeare’s birthplace. While there, they took a knife to one of Shakespeare’s chairs so they could take home some wood chips as souvenirs.
p8g6N TIL of the Island of Discussion, a tiny Scottish island. Locals involved in disputes would be taken there with some cheese and whisky, and just left on the island until they'd reached a mutual agreement
DQgBD TIL that, in the Maldives, magic is state sanctioned with approval and multiple coconuts have been detained for allegedly being cursed to rig elections