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TIL Hooters ran an airline for 3 years

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e5W4 TIL Disney murdered scores of Lemmings for the ‘suicide scene’ in the 1958 movie White Wilderness. Producers pushed and threw them off a cliff while shooting footage of the cruelty, then framed it as a natural occurrence for the audience.
4gNa TIL there are six Celtic nations recognized by the Celtic League: Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany
0gmA TIL 25% of all Toblerone chocolate is sold at duty free airport shops
nW4go TIL that in 1429, King Charles VII of France exempted the town of Domrémy from paying taxes "forever", after a promise to Joan of Arc. Taxes were imposed again during the French Revolution.
J1Y74 TIL that in 2014 the state of Alabama paid $75,000 for the right to use the phrase "Sweet Home Alabama" on road signs at the state line.