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TIL Walt Disney World was originally planned for Saint Louis, until the owner of Anheuser-Busch insulted Walt at a cocktail party

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rRNke TIL: At 25 year old, Matthew Roberts set off to find his biological parents. Only to discover his biological father was Charles Manson - Looking into the mirror after being told and immediately seeing the resemblance.
dkkK TIL Knowing that other companies might copy his hand soap idea, Softsoap creator Robert R. Taylor bought 100 million hand pumps from the only two U.S. manufacturers that made them. This ensured that competitors would be unable to buy them for a whole year.
L9xQ TIL that through the process of grafting it is possible for one tree to produce multiple types of fruit. One remarkable example is the Tree of 40 fruit that produces up to 40 different stone fruits simultaneously
xVrX0 TIL Canada has a major problem with people leaving Canada and moving to the US. This can be seen by how 2/3 of all software engineering graduates moved to the US recently.
Lkb5V TIL about red-collar crime: when white collar criminals use violence to silence those investigating them