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TIL from Penguinz0 that there are Disney-sponsored flight routes in Orlando, including SHREK TWO and STINKY.

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OrAL TIL that the New Horizons space probe that passed Pluto in 2015 had an ounce of Clyde Tombaugh’s ashes, the man that discovered Pluto
x6XB5 TIL in the 1600s Kimpa Vita, an aristocrat in the Kongo Empire - the most powerful in Central Africa - started a new version of Catholicism: Antonianism. Gaining thousands of converts from peasantry and nobility, she took over the capital city of Sao Salvador. Aged 22, she burned at the stake.
OGnZg TIL that according to the US Mint, 1 lb. of dimes, 1 lb. of quarters, and 1 lb. of half-dollars are worth exactly the same: $20. 1 kg of pennies = $4 and 1 kg of nickles = $10.
gVZ4 TIL Isaac Asimov died from HIV contracted from a blood transfusion
KJm4 TIL that The Flash travelled back in time, became a form of pure energy, and was the very bolt of lightning that gave him powers in the first place.