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TIL A conspiracy theory exists that Disney has tried to cover up the animal Goofy is based on because the species is a non-American (gasp) cow.

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kOL7g TIL Bob Dylan is a prolific painter (watercolor & acrylic). He paints iconic Americana landscapes as seen on tour: lonely stretches of highway, bridges, ice-cream parlors & diners...
VB0Pm TIL Peter Norman, the Australian silver medalist photographed in the iconic 1968 Olympics photo alongside two black athletes with a raised fist wore a badge in support of their protest, and turned down a lucrative job offer during the 2000 Sydney Olympics because he refused to renounce his actions.
LgEm TIL that in the 1950s a scientist at Tulane University discovered the “pleasure centers” of the brain by zapping it with electricity and gave a woman a 30-minute orgasm.
WkA5L TIL that a city in California elected a dog as its mayor since it didn't have enough people that lived there to have actual human politicians.
VPxm TIL Jay Leno has never touched a dime of his ‘Tonight Show’ money