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TIL that The Beatles officially broke up at Walt Disney World

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rRwlx TIL during the Spanish Civil War the anarchist militias had no rank system, no hierarchy, no salutes, and military leaders were elected by the troops
PY84e TIL of Arthur Miles, a Cowboy Singer from the 20's, who made recordings of himself performing in a style of Tuvan throat singing. It is likely that he learned this without ever meeting a Mongolian.
8a1pa TIL that Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a Wall Street broker noted as "the only Black millionaire in New York" about a decade before the American Civil War. He amassed a fortune of $2 million ($250,000,000 in 2018 dollars) by the time of his death in 1875. He was known as "The Prince of Darkness"
g9LX 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.
0pKL TIL, Clear Channel banned all Rage Against the Machine songs and over 100 other songs from its 1,200 radio stations following 9/11.