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TIL That until 2001 many costumed workers at Disney parks had to wear communal underwear. This resulted in several cases of pubic lice and scabies doing the rounds of employees.

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D1E0Y TIL of William A. Jackson, a former slave who had served Jefferson Davis. He routinely observed communications between Davis and other Confederate officials. When he fled north in 1861, he gave the Union detailed information about Confederate military deployments, supply issues, and planning.
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VrnQ TIL Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, once walked out of a job interview at the biggest law firm in Paris. “I was told I should never expect to make partnership because I was a woman. I thought to myself: ‘You don’t deserve me, I’m going…why would I work with that kind of attitude?”
a80lM TIL that Doritos were made in Disneyland due to stale tortillas being thrown in the garbage
eJP4 TIL: The Man who Saved More Jews than Schindler: Ho Feng-Shan. He risked his own life and career to save thousands of Jews in WWII as a Chinese diplomat in Vienna.