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TIL that a live snail was kept in a museum for years before anyone knew it was alive

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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.
J19Bl TIL that when you sign a Starlink contract, you agree "that no Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities."
kOY6m TIL About Albert Göring, the brother of Hermann Göring (2nd most powerful man in Nazi Germany), who was a rabid anti-nazi that helped save the lives of countless Jews and other dissidents.
W9w9 Til Jackie Chan was scheduled to film a scene on top of one of the twin towers on 9/11, lucky for him It was cancelled.
M7NAA TIL Judge Judy was, between her lawyer and TV salaries, for a while the highest paid TV star - and authored a book called Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining