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TIL there is a Museum of Failure in Sweden, showcasing a collection of failed products and services from around the world.

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4Qvb TIL that Disney created a short called The Sorcerer’s Apprentice to boost Mickey Mouse’s fading popularity. As production costs began to mount, they decided to include it as part of a feature film set to classical music. This became the classic Disney film, Fantasia.
E10VW TIL Poland once gave USA a birthday card signed by 5,5 million Polish people
x6VP1 TIL An ad for Tango, a soft drink in the UK, which showed a topless orange man slapping people as a metaphor for tasting the drink, caused a craze where kids would slap each other and say "You've been Tango'd!" With one child suffering a perforated ear drum. The ad was withdrawn.
PY0DZ TIL blimps use the same amount of fuel in 2 weeks that a 747 uses to taxi to the runway
QDpL TIL the anti-piracy group responsible for the ad on all your DVDs was sued for stealing the theme song.