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TIL thanks to mergers Disney now owns 17/20 of the top grossing films of all-time (US), including the entire top 5. For worldwide box office, they own 14/20.

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xPnD TIL in 1967 Israel attacked U.S.S. Liberty as an attempt to create a false flag attack and spur a war against Iran, the only reason a war didn’t happen is because a soviet spy plane flew over head and took pictures of the incident.
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