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TIL that Girl Scouts originally made the cookies they sold in their own kitchens, and that the recipe for those cookies is posted on the official Girl Scout website.

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m1dax TIL Robert Iger personally worked on Shanghai Disney for 17 years and experienced every show and ride multiple times before it opened. He was asked by Michael Eisner in 1999 to start discussions with the Chinese government and he picked to build it in Shanghai
eyMb TIL that George Harrison lost his virginity on the top bed of a bunk bed. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were on the bottom bed, and started cheering when he finished
N7rQM TIL: About half of the US Presidents have been bilinguals or polyglots.
4XRxN TIL Finland is the strictest country in the world in terms of driving lessons. There are lessons required regarding car maintenance and driving in icy conditions, with learners requiring a test in the summer and another one in the winter.
GAZ7g TIL that before the 1872 photo series 'Horse In Motion' no one knew how horses move their legs in gallop as it is too fast to see with the naked eye. Before then they were frequently painted with their legs stretched out at both ends which is not in fact a part of any horse gait.