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TIL JC Penney was founded as a frontier store in Wyoming

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WkA7d TIL airbags weren't mandatory in US cars until 1998
wLPrY TIL: Beethoven was the pupil of Haydn for some time and the worst kind. Rebellious, cheeky, disrespectful. Finally, before Haydn died, the matured 38 years old Beethoven publicly paid his respects by kissing his hands and kneeling before the old master.
vGa8 TIL the vultures in Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ were originally meant to be voiced by The Beatles until John Lennon insisted they weren’t “going to sing for Mickey f—ing Mouse”. Still, Disney kept a lot of likeness to the band in the characters.
Jjd4 TIL signing a waiver doesn’t prevent a person from suing
VB0VB TIL that there are less than 20 Jewish people living in Egypt.