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TIL, In Europe (1550s), when women were not permitted to sing in church or cathedral choirs in the Roman Catholic Church, boys were castrated to prevent their voices breaking at puberty and to develop a special high voice

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4JK5 TIL the most complex word in the English dictionary is the word ‘set’ with over 430 definitions in the Oxford English dictionary
yQx6V TIL after Disneyland's success, NBC invited Walt Disney to build his 2nd theme park near Secaucus, New Jersey not far from NYC. Walt found out the NJ climate would not allow a year-round park, and Roy Disney suggested putting "some method of controlling the weather – a vast dome or some such thing."
5bkD TIL, The ammount of Vermouth in a martini has gone from a 2:1 ratio to so little it has been quoted, “A perfect Martini should be made by filling a glass with gin, then waving it in the general direction of Italy,” Italy being a major producer of vermouth.
KYr8R TIL that in 2005, Roy E. Disney ousted then-CEO Micheal Eisner alleging mismanagement, neglect of the studio's animation division, failures with ABC, and a corporate mentality in the executive structure that turned the Walt Disney Company into a “rapacious and soulless” conglomerate.
gx99 TIL a woman donated a kidney to her boss, who then fired her when she took too long to recover from the operation.