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TIL Disney World has an abandoned water park next to their abandoned island

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A7xa TIL A T-Rex’s arm is about as long as an average human male’s arm.
dnN7 TIL the sound of Krakatoa erupting was so loud that it circled the Earth FOUR times.
NXAl6 TIL the Walt Disney Company tried to trademark the name “Seal Team 6” the day after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
e094J TIL that Napoleon actually lost most of his troops during the summer period of his invasion of Russia rather than during the infamous winter retreat. France started with ~650,000 troops and many died from heat exhaustion and disease. The army numbered about 100,000 by the time it reached Moscow.
DQv1g TIL that Gladiator had a planned sequel and a script written by Nick Cave. But the story was so crazy, (Maximus time traveling, being reincarnated by Roman Gods, fighting the Nazis) that it got scrapped.