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TIL Disney owns 12 of the 32 highest-grossing media franchises of all-time

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kJem4 TIL about the Civilian Conservation Corp a depression Era program employing young men on civil improvement projects like park projects, dams and canals and other projects.
9YD8M TIL that pregnancy starts from the last 'normal' period of the mother, so when you would normally discover a pregnancy from a missed period, there is only ~8 months left, not 9.
8VaV TIL of Krishna’s butterball. A giant 250 ton boulder situated in southern India, that’s remained stationary on a slippery slope for at least 1300 years, defying an attempt move it using 7 elephants and even natural disasters like tsunami’s and typhoons.
low5V Til about Jim Gordon, a famous drummer who played for many popular bands in the 70s and is now in prison after he murdered his mother during an episode of undiagnosed schizophrenia.
781oO TIL about Levi Coffin. Born 1798 in North Carolina, he and his wife Catherine are credited with helping thousands of slaves escape to Canada. Some called him the "President of the Underground Railroad."