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TIL There is a whole subculture dedicated to finding “Hidden Mickey Mouse” images in all things Disney

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M77K0 TIL that when Loki calls Black Widow "mewling quim", this is the most offensive line in the film, as he is essentially calling her a whining cunt.
oBegE TIL it is not illegal to drive barefoot, and the thought that it is illegal is simply a wide-spread urban legend
7yv7 TIL: The oldest recorded cat was 38 years old. The previous record holder was 34 and owned by the same man.
m1JwY TIL some 8th century Anglo-Saxon coins contained the words "Muhammed is the Messenger of Allah" written in Arabic, alongside the name of the king in English. This was apparently a result of imitating the aesthetics of Caliphate coins, without understanding the meaning.
woVpP TIL about the 1936 presidential election in which Roosevelt received 98.49% of the electoral vote total, which remains the highest percentage of the electoral vote won by any candidate since 1820.