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TIL that the movie “Escape from Tomorrow” was filmed in its entirety in Disney World, without Disney knowing about it. The actors read their scripts off of cell phones to keep themselves hidden.

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GEn1 TIL that the trickle-down-economics Republicans support, also called “horse-and-sparrow theory”, is in German also named “Pferdeäpfel-Theorie”. A “Pferdeapfel” is literally horseshit.
vP0Lj TIL in 1647, the British Parliament banned Christmas in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. Christmas was rebelliously celebrated with men carrying spikes clubs patrolling the streets making sure shops stayed closed and riots in Norwich killing 40 people, resulting in the Second Civil War
b9wn9 TIL Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, was the first person to be “Buried in space”. On April 21, 1997, his ashes were brought to the Canary Islands and loaded aboard the Pegasus-XL and launched out of the rocket.
rRbbM TIL A German prisoner-of-war escaped a camp in New Mexico, changed his name and got married to an American woman. He didn't reveal the truth for 40 years
kOJve TIL a line in the Barenaked Ladies song "If I Had $1000000" inspired fans to pelt Kraft Dinner at the band during concerts. After hundreds of boxes were thrown BNL requested fans cease the Kraft Dinner ritual and donate the food via bins set up in the lobbies of their shows for local food banks.