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TIL a toddler was killed by an alligator while he was playing in a lagoon at a Disney resort in 2016. The father tried to wrestle the boy away from the alligator but failed and an intense search was launched. It took 16 hours to find the boy and he was found 10-15 feet from where he was last seen.

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oBk9o TIL that Walt Disney invented the modern public trash can. He did this to keep the smell of garbage down at Disney. Previous to this, public trash cans were made of wire mesh, which allowed goop to seep out of the bottom and the smell to escape.
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