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TIL the controversial 1946 Disney film "Song of the South" will go into public domain in 2039 and Disney will lose all copyright to the film if it does not get it released again, whether in theaters, home video, or streaming services

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XEPo6 TIL of french writer Gabriel Matzneff. In spite of having described his pedophile activities and sexual tourism in several of his books, he remained sheltered from any criminal prosecution throughout his literary career and benefited from wide support within the French literary and political world.
QNGLp TIL that in an unrivaled capacity to taunt the enemy US Army General Matthew Ridgway would stand in the middle of a road under heavy artillery fire and urinate to demonstrate his contempt for German accuracy. Aides and fellow generals repeatedly begged him to abandon this bravado. He ignored them.
R75P6 TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart a British Officer who served in 3 wars; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip and ear; survived 2 plane crashes; tunneled out of a POW camp; tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. He wrote in WW1 "Frankly I had enjoyed the war."
x6kA7 TIL: There's a tree in South Africa called the Sunland Baobab that has a naturally formed hollow space inside large enough to contain a small pub, which can accommodate around 15 people
nk57 TIL of Cunningham’s Law: “The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.”