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TIL Disney parks allowed people with wheelchairs to cut in line with 6 guests, which led to the formation of a black-market where the 1% could rent disabled tour guides.

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raP1 TIL That the Indian Army tracked “Spy Drones” for 6 months until it turned out they were planets.
KOXkJ TIL that between 1998 and 2011, ‘Torn’ by Natalie Imbruglia was played well over 300,500 times on Australian radio, averaging out to around 75 plays per day.
pYN8G TIL Singapore only had 3 PMs in it's 65 year history - the 4th one being elected today in 2024. Lowest turnover in any long-lived democracy
M7KPa Today I learned about Jake Adelstein who wrote a news article about a Yakuza boss who made a deal with the FBI to come to the US for a liver transplant, skipping over everyone else on the waiting list.
eMAn TIL One of the last procedures before a space shuttle launch is to remove the inflatable owls from the aircraft.