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TIL PCP (phencyclidine) was discovered by Parke-Davis and Company's laboratories in Detroit

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YpdXv TIL Walt Disney originally wanted to bring Walt Disney World to St. Louis until local officials refused his proposition to pay for the buildings that would house themed attractions/rides (such as Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion, and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad) due to cost concerns.
x6P70 TIL the chromosomal cap, called telomere, grows shorter during cell division. Researchers also found out that most old people have shorter telomeres, that some telomeres had never shortened in those who lived past 100 years old, and that cancer cells don't die because their telomeres don't shorten.
4ANR TIL: Since 1969, the United States has only had a balanced budget five times, four of which happened during the last four years of the Clinton administration.
MEAK TIL John Lasseter (from Pixar) was fired in 1984 by Disney after pitching an all computer animated movie, it would cost Disney 7 billion to bring him back after buying Pixar in 2006
l7Mnr TIL Of the estimated 208,874 tonnes of gold that has been mined throughout history, around two-thirds of it has been mined since 1950.