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TIL Disney was planning to buy Twitter but then decided to cancel the deal because of the “nastiness” on the social media platform.

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VMdr8 TIL Nigeria drinks more Guinness than Ireland
awYny TIL Because the number 8 is considered very lucky in Chinese culture, a Chinese man spent the equivalent of 1 millions RMB to secure a license plate reading '88888' in the hope of increasing his luck, to get pulled over 8 times by cops who thought the plate was a fake.
W7ewB TIL that Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat door. He cut a hole in his door to let his cat in and out, inadvertently creating the first pet door.
QD9 TIL that beginning at age 12 Spartan male children were starved on purpose so they would steal, but if they were caught they were severely punished.
EPpx TIL that in 1977 a group of scientist discovered that any radioactive particle does not decay when being observed. This is called Quantum Zeno Effect.