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TIL that the creator of the Paddington Bear stuffed toy was Jeremy Clarkson’s mother

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P1WrG TIL in the 50s Disneyland offered fishing on Tom Sawyer Island in an area called Catfish Cove. Guests could borrow a pole and a can of worms to try and catch fish. They offered to clean, ice and store them until close at a restaurant. It was promptly ended after fish were discarded all over the park
RlX1 TIL that Simpson’s co-createor Sam Simon has terminal cancer and intends to leave most of his fortune to animal charities and feeding the hungry after he passes.
b6ZyZ TIL about alexithymia, a somewhat common but unstudied condition in which a person is unable to interpret their own emotions despite being able to function normally in every other way