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TIL Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper company for lacking creativity.

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LkE9d TIL that Ching Shih was a pirate leader who terrorized the China Seas in the early 19th century. She is widely considered to be the most successful pirate in history, based on the fact that she commanded the largest crew ever assembled, and that she died in her own bed as a free woman.
jNNGX TIL that in 2014, CVS stopped selling tobacco products in favor of promoting good health, losing over a billion in revenue
X6Rr TIL that the developers of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed hoped that George Lucas would give Vader’s apprentice a Darth moniker. Lucas agreed and offered up two Darth titles to choose from; ‘Darth Icky’ and ‘Darth Insanius.’ People waited for George to say ‘just kidding,’ but it never came.
b6jLN TIL Evel Knievel holds the world record for the most broken bones at 433, over twice the amount of bones in the human body
MJ8B TIL Vikings used ravens to navigate. They brought ravens aboard their ships, then released them and sailed in the same direction to find land. The raven was so important to them that it became the symbol on their flag.