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TIL Disneyland has a feral cat colony on the payroll.

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4oLw TIL that in 2009, the UK tried to prevent the indigenous population of the British Indian Ocean Territory from returning to their homelands by establishing a “marine reserve”, making it difficult for them to reclaim their land and re-settle. The documents later showed up on Wikileaks.
nA5W TIL Kars4Kids donations go to a Jewish charity that sends kids on heritage trips to Israel
EZB7 TIL that the first scripted inter-racial kiss on US television (Star Trek) was meant to be filmed with and without the kiss. Shatner and Nichols deliberately flubbed every take of the shot without the kiss so that they could not be used.
Wk5A TIL the first westerner to shoot a Giant Panda was none other than Teddy Roosevelt.
grOnA TIL the F150 is 79.9 inches wide because trucks over 80 inches need commercial truck identification lights. These lights can be seen on the Ford Raptor front grill for example. (Raptor is +86 inches wide)