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TIL that Disney once tried to open a park that would allow guests to "feel what it was like to be a slave." It was a disaster.

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BgxMy TIL Jon Fogerty from the band Creedence Clearwater Revival was sued by his record company for sounding too much like himself
neLB TIL that one of Australia’s most decorated snipers was initially barred from joining the Army during WW1 because of his race. He was only accepted after a recruitment officer reclassified him as “White.”
4jwJ TIL Gauss personal diaries indicate that he had made several important math discoveries years/decades before his contemporaries published them. Math Historian Temple Bell said that if Gauss had published all of his discoveries in a timely manner, he would have advanced mathematics by 50 years.
LPxP TIL Denmark’s current flag design was first used in 1219. No other modern country has used its flag for so long.
E17ZX TIL that NASA total spending since 1958 has been close to $1.17 trillion adjusted to inflation. This worth less than two year of US Military Budget combine.