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TIL that the Walt Disney Company has never released a film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture in all of it's 95 year history.

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kJ6M5 TIL that "The NorthWest Company," one of the major players in the historical North American fur trade, is still in operation today as a series of retail stores that primarily serve Indigenous customers across Canada, Alaska, the Carribbean, and the Pacific.
b6kQQ TIL in 2015, former Director of Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan had his email breached by a teenager through calling Verizon's customer support and pretending to be a Verizon technician
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D19Dv TIL That in 1992, 28800 rubber duckys fell off a cargo ship in the middle of the ocean, and some of them even made it to Hawaii! (17000 miles away!)