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TIL Porky Pig, not Bugs Bunny, is the oldest continuing Looney Tunes character.

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WkKMB TIL there are “witch camps” in Ghana where women accused of witchcraft can flee for their lives. They live in squalid conditions for the rest of their lives unless a priest determines their innocence by killing a chicken and watching how it dies.
oyyA TIL during the Battle of Stalingrad, Soviet losses were so great that at times the life expectancy of a newly arrived soldier was less than a day, and the life expectancy of a Soviet officer was three days. Combat was so fierce, at one point a railway station changed hands 14 times in six hours.
a8Nbo TIL Walt Disney's older brother Raymond was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln, and had a hand in the creation of the 1964 World’s Fair exhibit on Lincoln. Raymond also owned an insurance company which allowed him to provide knowledge and support to the family’s company
n7gB TIL that George R.R. Martin writes his novels using WordStar 4, a DOS program from 1987.
v1WdR TIL Sloths can carry a third of their body weight in feces, only poop once a week, and often die in the process because they have to come down to the ground to do it.