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TIL in 2001, Disneyland tried to re-theme their aging "Submarine Voyage" attraction around Atlantis: The Lost Empire, but the movie flopped. They tried again with Treasure Planet, but that was a flop too. They finally succeeded with Finding Nemo in 2005.

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b66e9 Today I learned that H. H. Holmes built a hotel that he used to torture and murder visitors to Chicago's World's Fair.
W7xXL TIL certain species of birds have been known to use cigarette butts in their nests as a way to repel mites and other parasites.
8elxZ TIL that the "Perfect Aryan" poster child that was widely used in Nazi propaganda was actually Jewish. The photo was selected from a Nazi-held contest, where the photographer of the baby had submitted the photo as an ironic joke.
bX8p TIL that it was illegal for women of Paris to wear pants, till Feb/2013, when France lifted the 200 year old ban
d8mxK TIL of "The Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory who may have murdered over 650 women. She was given house arrest instead of execution because of her nobility.