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TIL that Disney prevented a stonemason from engraving Winnie the Pooh on a young girl’s gravestone because it would violate Disney’s copyright

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j64Dn TIL that Al Capone's long lost older brother was a prohibition lawman in the Dakotas. The brothers lost contact for decades until reuniting later in Al's life.
6dYY TIL a film was made in 2004 that won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Esquire Magazine said “anyone who says he fully understands Primer after seeing it one time is a savant or a liar”. all for $7,000
oBX18 TIL about two boys aged 10 and 13 who travelled from Dublin to New York via London after their mother said not to go far as dinner was nearly ready,
pkxZ TIL in 1935, a shark on display in an Australian aquarium vomited up a human arm, there were no tooth marks anywhere and the limb had been cleanly removed with a blade. The investigation resulted in a man shooting himself in the head before leading police boats on a hours-long chase.
Wk7NB TIL Pope Francis released a statement condemning the use of gluten-free Eucharists.