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TIL that Harlan Ellison was once hired to write for Disney. Roy O. Disney overheard him in the lunchroom impersonating Donald, Goofy and Mickey, joking about making an animated porno with Disney characters. After lunch he found a pink slip on his desk. He had been fired on his very first day.

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e0ELg TIL when Southwest began using the motto "Just Plane Smart," Stevens Aviation, which had been using "Plane Smart," advised of infringing its trademark. Instead of a lawsuit, the CEOs staged an arm wrestling match. The loser paid to a charity of his choice and the winner claimed the motto.
m1jdy TIL After the integration of Nunavik into Canada, the Inuktitut language has added thousands of words to itself in the last few decades, at the same time that many words became obsolete and lost. New words include “Funnialuk” — as in “very funny.”
NE5J TIL Saddam Hussein bought 4000 PS2s in 2000 to build supercomputers.
pR7Z TIL you can grow 6,000 lbs of of organic food on 1/10th acre
1aQ1r TIL Neanderthals are believed to have practiced cannibalism, with 35% of Neanderthals recovered in France having the same butchery marks as animals hunted in that period.