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TIL why businesses stay in business after filling for bankruptcy. Apparently its creditors take over. "retailer plans to cede control to creditors"

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M7BW8 TIL: After a promise to his daughter, it took Walt Disney 20 years to finally obtain the rights to Mary Poppins
omVR TIL on July 17, 1938, Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan entered aviation infamy and gained his nickname when he “accidentally” flew from New York to California but ended up in Ireland after being denied permission to cross the Atlantic by authorities.
epD74 TIL that in the Irish language there are no words for “yes” or “no”
pYvBe TIL: The standard plunger isn't meant for toilets. In fact they make toilet plungers.
yVMw TIL that the pilot of the only enemy aircraft to ever bomb the lower 48 was invited back to the town he tried to burn and made an honorary citizen.