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TIL in 1970, about 200 members of the Youth International Party, AKA Yippies, invaded and occupied Disneyland’s Tom Sawyer Island and had to be removed by riot police, causing the 2nd of only 4 unscheduled closings in Disneyland history.

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7AWr TIL Facebook lies about friends “liking” pages when showing ads. Next time I see one, I’ll ignore it even more
jGvN TIL that the Dothraki language was designed to sound like Arabic to the untrained ear, or a mix between Spanish and Arabic to anyone who knows Arabic.
1OBD TIL that kiwis technically have the shortest beaks of all birds because kiwis’ nostrils are on the end of their beaks and a bird’s beak is measured from the tip of the beak to the nostril.
bvMN TIL in 1985, two men forced their way into Fran Drescher’s home. While one ransacked the house, the other raped Drescher and her friend at gunpoint. Her husband was also physically attacked, tied up, and forced to witness the entire ordeal.
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