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TIL that Charles Muntz, the villian from Up, was named after Charles Mintz. A man who tried to sue Walt Disney over Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

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rRgZ0 TIL the reversing falls of the St John River in New Brunswick, Canada where not only does the river change flow direction during the day due to the incoming water from the changing tides in the Bay of Fundy it also becomes still for short periods called slack tides where the flow forces are equal.
VB1AZ TIL on 1905, in order to promote her novel, 29-year-old Edith Allonby killed herself
Z8D9Y TIL that the Shakers, a celibacy-focused sect similar to the Quakers, has only 2 members left worldwide.
8Kp8 TIL the gibberish you hear in Billy and Mandy’s end credits is actually a hidden message when played backwards
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