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TIL due to Disneyland's immense popularity, Southern California boasts many locations that ripoff or imitate its distinctive aesthetic

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klnd TIL The only one who has been punished because of USA’s tortue scandal is the one who told the press about it
D1eeV TIL that a blue whales tongue weighs as much as an elephant.
wlnM TIL: President Andrew Jackson was involved in as many as 100 duels. He was shot in the chest in 1806 and took a bullet in the arm in a bar fight with Missouri Sen. Thomas Hart Benton in 1813. Most were to defend his wife’s honor.
nWvMo TIL during sling load operations with helicopters, a dangerous amount of static can build up on the airframe so one of the loaders has to use a discharge wand hooked to a grounding stake or they will receive a fatal electric shock.
p6J4 TIL A family on Extreme Makeover Home Edition that took in 5 orphans after their parents died, kicked them out after their episode aired.