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TIL in 2001 Disney closed one of its waterparks called River COuntry, but instead of tearing it down, Disney chose to leave it there to rot away, abandoned.

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lowkA TIL about the Marvel character Doop, an alien bean who among other things; has fought Thor to a standstill, was ready to murder Wolverine with a broken glass bottle, murdered someone with an axe and had sex with a married woman as well as the private investigator that was hired by the husband.
v66j TIL there was a time when cocaine was praised and prized by the Pope.
YgXr TIL that when Manfred von Richtofen (the Red Baron) was shot down and killed in 1918, the British Army gave him a full military funeral, complete with clergy, a gun salute and a wreath inscribed with, “To Our Gallant and Worthy Foe.”
nZNd TIL that a garbage man won $14.4 million in the lottery, spent it all on massive drug use, gaudy golden jewelry and prostitutes. Now he works Cookie Factory.
ep0P4 TIL in Germany, escaping from prison is not punishable due to ‘freedom’ being a basic human instinct