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TIL the voice actress for Snow White's career was ruined because Disney did not allow voice actors to be credited for their work. Disney even blacklisted her and paid her a meager amount for her 3 years of work. She was not even invited to the film premiere, and struggled to find work afterwards.

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mxZ1x TIL, that according to US Naval tradition, submarines that have not been confirmed to be destroyed are still on patrol. Since WWII, there are 52 submarine patrols that have not reported in, returned to port, or confirmed to be destroyed
OkxL TIL the US temporarily had universal child care during World War II to support working mothers. In 1971, Congress passed a bill that would have provided it permanently, only to have it vetoed by Richard Nixon at the urging of Pat Buchanan.
9wbxm TIL that in 1967, radio astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the first pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star emitting precise radio pulses. Initially it was thought to be a potential signal from an extraterrestrial intelligence, so it was named LGM-1 (short for Little Green Men).
8elwX TIL of the Southeast Asian Massif which encompasses human societies inhabiting a region in the southeastern portion of Asia. Over 100 million indigenous people live amongst the highlands overlapping parts of 10 countries.
4kr9a TIL Bram Stoker wrote "Dracula" in the 1890s. Although many link the novel to Vlad the Impaler, Stoker’s notes don’t mention him. Instead, he found the name "Dracula" in a library, mistakenly believing it meant "devil" in Romanian.