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TIL Disneyland is in Orange County California, and Disneyworld is in Orange County Florida

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R5N76 TIL in 1933, Albert Einstein, who left Nazi Germany for the United States, suggested the formation of the International Relief Association. Now known as the International Rescue Committee (IRC), it has provided assistance to millions of refugees and displaced persons across some 40 countries.
P1Q1L TIL that the day before Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon, he accosted James Taylor in the Subway
d8Z1r TIL that the couple in the Pulitzer-Prize photo “Burst of Joy” divorced within a year and the husband, Robert Stirm, who had spent over five years in a North Vietnamese prison, was forced to give 43% of his retirement to his ex-wife.
AE9d TIL there is a species of fungus called “Spongiforma squarepantsii” named after the character “SpongeBob SquarePants”
rRKAy TIL in the U.S., statistics suggest that rides at mobile carnivals and fairs have a better safety record than those at fixed site parks (Disneyland, Six Flags, etc.) because the former are subject to federal oversight and inspection while the latter are not.