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TIL That ESPN accounts for more than HALF of Disney’s total operating income.

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7aeZ TIL there is a vampire-like disease that can cause your nails to grow long and tear off, your teeth to sharpen like fangs and your skin–in some cases–to turn pale and easily bruise and scab in the sunlight.
b6jg0 TIL in 1878, the Loretto Chapel was constructed with a wooden spiral staircase of unusually masterful craftsmanship. No builder was officially credited for the staircase, but legends say that a mysterious carpenter arrived and built it overnight, then left without collecting pay.
NXyw6 TIL - Baby teeth are numbered differently than grown up teeth. Adult teeth are labeled by quadrants 1-4 (which I knew), but baby teeth are labeled by quadrants 5-8.
V0Bk TIL the first Twinkies were made with banana filling and only lasted two days. A banana shortage and expensive replenishment logistics led to a change in the recipe.
Lm90 TIL Bono wears glasses all the time because he has glaucoma