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Today I learned that disney said a man can't sue them over his wife's death because he agreed to Disney+ terms of service.

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0w4pL TIL Nazis held a rally at Madison Square Garden in 1939. It was attended by TWENTY THOUSAND people!
P1NoE TIL of Freshwater seals. There are rare populations in places such as Lake Baikal, Russia and Iliamna Lake, Alaska. In 2004, a healthy seal was found on the road in Merced County, California, more than 100 miles upstream from San Francisco Bay and half a mile from the San Joaquin River.
p8gXb TIL the island of Okinawa was under US control from 1945 till 1972 when it was returned to Japan
6E1DJ TIL that Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and many more novels, graduated Harvard Medical School with his MD. He never obtained his medical license (after deciding he hated the system and culture), and instead pursued writing.
6EnK8 TIL that mapmakers used to plant fictitious streets in their maps, so that if a person copied their map, they could point out the replication of the fake street to prove copyright infringement.