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TIL Walt Disney gave his housekeeper Disney stocks every year for the holidays. She died a multi-millionaire.

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e0Y86 TIL the Pledge of Allegiance was created as part of a marketing campaign to sells flags to public schools.
Zl7D TIL that the Queen can de-knight someone, the last person de-knighted was a financier who participated in a scheme to inflate the share price of Guinness
4XR9a TIL that Indonesians are the most charitable people in the world. "Despite having a steady economy and labor force, 40 percent of the country lives below the poverty line, making their number one ranking even more impressive and inspiring."
GYPA5 TIL A SYNANAGRAM is a word whose letters can be rearranged to form a different word with the same meaning—like ‘angered’ and ‘enraged’. ‘Twelve plus one’ is an anagram of ‘eleven plus two.’ and both add up to 13!
R7Y11 TIL the monarch in the UK cannot be prosecuted for any crime. In theory, this means somebody could murder their way up the chain of succession. Providing they are not caught before they become the monarch, they will be able to get away with it without any legal issues.