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TIL: Mickey Mouse will be in the public domain in 2024.

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OoaM6 TIL due to the octopus's intelligence, they and all other cephalopods are the only invertebrates that need to be anesthesised before surgery.
R77Mw TIL (organic) sponges are animals - not plants.
QJvp9 TIL that "empty" space is home to energy field fluctuations and thus is not truly empty
OOyX TIL the Federal Trade Commission says four cancer charities run by extended members of the same family conned donors out of $187 million from 2008 through 2012 and spent almost nothing to help actual cancer patients.
lovKV TIL the Vienna Philharmonic did not accept women into the orchestra until 1997 when they granted full member status to a harpist who had been playing with the orchestra for 27 years