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TIL Lion King creators and Sting had a completely different vision for Emperor's New Grooves and now I legit wish Disney would make a "remake" of "The Kingdom of the Sun"

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eonn TIL that Frederick the Great, one of Prussia’s greatest monarchs, who ruled for 46 years, was forced to watch the decapitation of what was likely his gay lover, Hans Hermann von Katte when he was 18.
eVXL TIL a Congressional investigation into the NSA conducted nearly 40 years ago revealed that the NSA has been routinely monitoring telephone conversations of American citizens since the early 1950’s.
X6G8 TIL that Dolly Parton’s boobs and arms are covered in tattoos
Bgd4L TIL one of the earliest escape attempts to bypass the Berlin Wall was by Heinz Meixner in 1963. He removed a convertible's windshield and deflated its tires as low as possible. He, with his fiancee and her mother hidden, then drove up to the boom barrier, sped under it, and escaped into West Berlin.
e0WxJ TIL when India had an epidemic,Nipah virus outbreak in 2018, 3 doctors identified and reported it.Authorities immediately got in touch with WHO;2000 people were quarantined,17 people died in total.The outbreak was declared over within 2 months and the state was lauded for preventing a big epidemic.