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TIL the International Phonetic Association, the organization who developed the International Phonetic Alphabet, was originally called 'Dhi Fonètik Tîtcerz' Asóciécon'

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M7GpA TIL Disney cofounder Roy Disney spent time with his grandchildren every week at Disneyland. Roy greeted each employee by name and picked up garbage he saw on the ground to teach them "Nobody is too good to pick up trash”
XEQk8 TIL about a British General too nice to execute after being captured by the IRA. He drank and played card with his captors and even helped in the fields. Its believed he was allowed escape
W7wnB TIL India has "marriage brokers" to match up familiries. The industry is worth more than 250 billion rupees, ~= 3 billion USD
0daj5 TIL that only 3 weeks after their wedding, Oscar-winning actor Gig Young [who had starred in 'Rear Window' and 'The shoot horses, don't they', Etc.] murdered his wife (who was half his age), before committing suicide himself (1978).
WVjL TIL Voyager I and II are currently in the Heliosheath, nearly 19 billion miles away. They could possibly prove to be the most valuable thing humans have ever done…