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TIL that Disneyland Paris almost failed because they did not serve wine

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4X89w TIL President Andrew Jackson taught his parrot to curse, and it had to be removed from the President’s funeral because it wouldn’t stop swearing
X1Vj TIL that Jochen Rindt was the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship, after dying in a crash. He had promised his wife that he would retire if he won.
aVW9 TIL The world’s next tallest tower of all time will be built by the Bin Laden family.
9YgGX TIL that the song "Cool, Cool, Considerate Men" was cut from the original film version of 1776 by producer Jack Warner at the request of Richard Nixon, who thought it insulted conservatives, against the director's wishes. Decades later, a cut was made that added the song back in.
ZeWo TIL a husband mercy shoots his wife (who was on life support because her initial suicide attempt was interrupted) then commits suicide next to her in the hospital so that their organs could be harvested to save other people.