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TIL Henry Ford created what is today known as Kingsford Charcoal by reusing old scrap wood from his car manufacturing plants and later spinning off the company to a family member

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awpnJ TIL - Disney once sued three day care centers in Florida for unauthorized use of their characters (5 foot high likenesses on murals on the buildings) who had to remove them. Universal in turn let the centers use Scooby Doo, Flintstones & other of their Hanna-Barbera characters.
5YRJD TIL Michael Jackson did not perform the first moonwalk.
Go4E TIL 67 years ago today, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. He completed the flight with two broken ribs, and as a result of the injury, had to close the hatch on the Bell X-1 with a broomstick.
Yp64v TIL that because of jet streams being predominantly west-east, flights towards the east are faster than towards the west. As an example, flying from New York to London takes 6h 55m, whereas flying from London to New York takes 8h 15m on average.
VBlG0 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.