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TIL that The Lion King was intentionally modeled after Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

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PY9ZO TIL that at birth Johnny Cash was named J. R. Cash. When he enlisted in the United States Air Force, he was not permitted to use initials as a first name, so he changed his name to John R. Cash. In 1955, after signing with Sun Records, he started going by Johnny Cash.
OoYo1 TIL Swedish peace group erected a sign to keep the Russian submarines out of their border - it displays an animated sailor in underwear thrusting his hips with a morse code that broadcasts: "This way if you are gay."
YJVv TIL Andrew Jackson was the only U.S. President in American history to pay off the national debt
W89A TIL: of the post of “Queen’s Guide to the Sands”. The holder is the official guide to crossing the dangerous mudflats of Morcambe Bay, UK. Paid £15 a year but is given a 700yo cottage to live in, the current holder is Cecil Robinson since 1963
OGO17 TIL the popular 2000 Ben Stiller movie, Meet The Parents, is based on an obscure 1992 film with a $30,000 budget.