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

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xALb TIL of the “heath pea”, an abundant Scottish plant that, when eaten, effectively stops the sensations of both hunger and thirst for days
VkdG TIL days after his election, a boy wrote to Pope John XXIII “I want to be a policeman or a pope. What do you think?” John replied, “Learn how to be a policeman… Anybody can be a pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.”
R0pj TIL Velcro was named for the words “velvet” & “crochet” and was invented by a Swiss engineer
newrB TIL sloths move so slow that alagae will grow on them giving them the green tint they have on their fur
0wGnN TIL most cities have poorer areas in the east, due to prevailing winds carrying smoke and odours that way during the industrial revolution.