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TIL that Disney's Coco took some inspiration for the film from John Wick

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rRKlw TIL that in 1958, Bank of America mass mailed 60,000 unsolicited credit cards, with a credit line of $500, to residents of Fresno, California. They chose Fresno so that if the plan failed, it wouldn’t get much media coverage. The program was wildly successful and marked the birth of Visa.
E1EV7 TIL that it's possible for a human to dissolve in Yellowstone's hot springs. On June 7, 2016, Colin Scott slipped and tumbled into the acidic boiling waters of the Norris Geyser while looking for a hot spot to soak in. Scott had illegally ventured off the boardwalk and within 24hrs he dissolved.
4kXga TIL about 20% of Australians are descendants of convicts.
X0ryE TIL In January 2016, all of the planets from Mercury to Saturn were visible together in the predawn sky about 45 minutes before sunrise
R7n84 TIL that the phrase piggy bank doesn’t come from the animal the jar represents, but from the old word pygg which is clay used to make crockery. If this jar cracked and couldn’t hold liquids, people would use them as their own personal banks.