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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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XweR TIL a couple didn’t invite Iron Maiden to their wedding, but they turned up anyway.
M7XL0 TIL about "Ministerial Responsibility", something which exists in Westminster-style governments, whereby government ministers are expected to resign if waste, corruption or misbehavior has occurred in their part of the government.
VM4x8 TIL the Russian battleship Sissoi Veliky was built with design and construction problems, yet commissioned anyway. Flooding from an artillery barrage and torpedo hit sank her in the only battle she participated in, causing the deaths of 47 sailors.
4kAoo TIL The children used as cheap farm labour in Switzerland since 1850's to 1980's
KYbba TIL back in 2009, Burger King launched the "Whopper sacrifice" campaign, wherein one could get a free Whopper by unfriending 10 people on Facebook. However, Facebook stopped the promotion as Burger King was informing those removed from the list about their reward of a burger.