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TIL that after The Lion King was released, one hyena researcher sued Disney for defamation of character for portraying hyenas as villains.

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Y9LG TIL that a 2011 survey found that Belgians are the world’s least “cool” nationality
loG0K TIL Chen Si a Chinese man who has stopped more than 300 people from committing suicide off the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, China.
A6nl TIL King Tut had a club foot, feminine hips, an overbite. He had Kohler’s disease. DNA determine that Pharaoh’s parents were undoubtedly brother and sister.
Z8KnY TIL Kobe Bryant studied sharks and even dove with them. Now a great white is named after him
kJYrg TIL Although popular culture has them associated with medieval castles since the 19th century, underground prisons, dungeons and oubliettes were not as common in English Castles. Evidence suggests that rooms previously identified as dungeons, were in fact storage rooms for ice, or drainage pipes