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

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0wbGv TIL in his final interview guitarist Tommy Bolin said "I've been taking care of myself my whole life. Don't worry about me. I'm going to be around for a long time.". A few hours later he died from an overdose of heroin and other substances, including alcohol, cocaine and barbiturates.
78YOp TIL According to Haiti's Constitution, all Haitians, regardless of skin color, are to be considered black in the eyes of the law.
VBpA8 TIL of the Groom of the Stool, a nobleman who helped Renaissance-era English kings go to the bathroom and clean themselves. They later helped set national fiscal poolicy.
P1AGn TIL tabloid newspaper "News of the World", once put out a headline "Hollywood Star's Nazi Secret," falsely claiming Arnold Schwarzenegger was a closeted Hitler supporter whose father rounded up Jews for concentration camps. The article's source? Sylvester Stallone.
m1nLR TIL 1816 was the "Year Without a Summer," due to very low temperatures. People believed the Sun was about to extinguish as large Sunspots were visible on it's surface, spreading doomsday panic. In actuality, the cause was due to Mt Tambora, the largest volcanic eruption in human history.