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TIL that Disney in collaboration with General Mills released a mini comic book in which Mickey Mouse and Goofy was using and promoting psychoactive drug

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e0lJb TIL of the Beslan School Massacre in Southwestern Russia on September 1st, 2004. Over 360 hostages, including 186 children, were killed by Islamic insurgents or Russian military personnel during the 4 day seige.
5Yne8 TIL: Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate to more than 80%.
Bv9D TIL that up until 1977 child porn was legal. Before then you could find them on shelves right next to other erotica. It seems so little known.
lj4r TIL in 2008, Doritos launched a contest called “Doritos The Quest” with a $100,000 prize to guess a new mystery flavor. The mystery flavor turned out to be Mountain Dew.
Y7JPZ TIL: In 1956, France banned the serving of alcohol to children under the age of 14 in the school canteens. Prior to that, school children had the right to drink half a litre of wine, cider or beer with their meals. In 1981 France implemented a total alcohol ban in the country’s schools.