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TIL The fake flames on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney are so convincing that the Anaheim Fire Department requested that they be automatically turned off in case of fire so firefighters can fight the real blaze and not waste time battling artificial ones.

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BobL TIL Romans used urine as mouthwash, they even paid high dollar to have large quantities shipped in from Portugal because they didn’t think their own pee was exotic enough.
8gWa TIL Ben & Jerry’s had a company rule that from top to bottom, the pay ratio between the highest salaried executive and lowest-earning-worker would be no greater than 5 to 1. It lasted for 16 years until Ben retired.
olP7 TIL: Later in his life, Voltaire developed the habit of living near borders so he could more easily escape the authorities if his writings angered them
yQgea TIL only 8,900 people visited Turkmenistan in 2012
6EMeJ TIL about the "multi-dog experiment". In 1968, Demikhov transplanted a puppy’s head onto the neck of another dog. It was the first "two body-one circulation" system. This taboo experiment which was criticized a lot became the founding principle of the modern heart and lung transplant we have today.