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TIL Bambi was used for fire prevention programs. However, could not be used indefinitely because it was loaned from Walt Disney Studios for only a year. The Forest Service needed to find an animal that would belong to them. The Forest Service decided that the fire prevention symbol would be a bear.

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Wn0N TIL Paul McCartney’s condition for guest starring in The Simpsons episode “Lisa the Vegetarian” was that Lisa, who becomes a vegetarian in the episode, remain one for the rest of the series. The staff promised, resulting in one of the few permanent character changes made in the show.
YpkdA TIL that 500,000 Papuans have been killed by the Indonesian military since 1969
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wrGE TIL A scientific study shows that if you are regularly annoyed by other’s eating noises, you might be a genius. Creative minds cannot filter out noise from the surroundings as much as those who are less creative. Charles Darwin struggled with filtering out noise.