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TIL that Walt Disney testified before the House of Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. He accused former employees of communism leading to some being blacklisted in Hollywood.

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AwGx TIL Once out of office, President Harry Truman decided that he did not wish to be on any corporate payroll, believing that taking advantage of such financial opportunities would diminish the integrity of the office. He had no personal savings. His only income was his old army pension: $113 per month
l0yV TIL: there had been a “thirty years war” between Scientology and the IRS. Scientology Won
xVB5B TIL that the longest movie ever, which spans 720 hours (30 days) would be released this year . In contrast, The longest running show , the Simpsons , and its entirety of 552 episodes comes round at about 203 hours
eoEE TIL of Tom Crean, an Irish Antartic explorer who along with Ernest Shackleton and two other men, sailed 1,500km in a life boat across Drake passage to save the lives of 22 men stranded on Elephant island. Known as one of the most extraordinary feats of seamanship and navigation in recorded history.
xw6b TIL The last person on the moon was Eugene Cernan as Commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final Apollo lunar landing. His final words on the moon were, “We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17.”