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TIL Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was going to be the hunter who killed Bambi's mother but Disney objected

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GYW91 TIL that in the 1908 London Olympics, the Russian team arrived 12 days late and missed their most favoured event because they were still following the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar.
98PD TIL the Netherlands is the third-largest direct foreign investor in the United States.
LQ1PZ TIL that Iran offers the most government mandated time off with a total of 53 days
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