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TIL Disney employs the use of sentinel chickens to determine if the mosquito population in the area is carrying any diseases

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e0dZD TIL Boy George appeared on the A-Team
wLnZ7 TIL that Monty Python sued ABC over their censorship of season 4 of their show. ABC had cut punchlines and entire characters. The judge and jury watched two versions of a season 4 episode; a BBC one they laughed at, and an edited ABC one which no one laughed at. The judge ruled in ABC’s favour.
e04gJ TIL star rappers Post Malone and Childish Gambino got their famous stage names by inputting their real name into the "Wu-Tang Name Generator" and using the first nickname to pop up.
Br6Ny TIL: The first British jet fighter, the Meteor, killed more British pilots in accidents (450) than the Germans did in the Battle of Britain (407).
Me04K TIL due to being so well known, Steve Wozniak completed his college degree at UC Berkley under the name "Rocky Raccoon Clark".