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TIL Disney owns Epic Rap Battles of History.

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nemaG TIL during the Vietnam War, the U.S. carried out Operation Popeye, a "cloud-seeding" mission to stimulate clouds in Vietnam to increase rainfall and lengthen the monsoon season. After the operation was declassified in 1974, the United Nations banned the weaponization of weather.
pWNZ TIL The Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Make Four Times As Much As The Top 500 CEOs COMBINED
D4wD TIL Freddie Mercury collected Koi carp, was a loyal godfather and rang his cats when he was away from home. Ten days before he died, Freddie said to his manager: “You can do whatever you like with my image, my music, remix it, re-release it, whatever. Just never make me boring”.
xVmNg TIL that wild camels used to roam British Columbia for 43 years. During the gold rush people thought it was a good idea to use camels as pack animals. Their soft feet ended out making them ill suited for the rocky terrain. They were let loose and multiple generations survived, last seen 1905.
w1no TIL that in 1914, Frank Lloyd Wright’s manservant murdered 7 people, including Wright’s mistress, by trapping them inside the dining room of the original Taliesin, setting the house on fire, and taking an ax to victims who tried to escape.