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TIL Disney’s original home-video cover of The Little Mermaid included what some considered a phallic symbol. Disney changed the cover in response.

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4kALw TIL; Bayer knowingly sold AIDS Contaminated Hemophilia blood products worldwide because the financial investment in the product was considered too high to destroy the inventory.
wnEY TIL Steven Spielberg declined to direct the Harry Potter movies and said “It’s just like withdrawing a billion dollars and putting it into your personal bank accounts. There’s no challenge.”
BbJy TIL that prior to the income tax being enacted in 1913, the U.S. government got up to 40% of its revenue from alcohol taxes. Without the income tax in place, the Prohibition Amendment would likely not have been proposed by the Senate in 1917.
16MMd TIL that between the abdication of Margrethe II of Denmark on 14 January 2024, and the election of Māori Queen, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō on 5 September 2024, there were no female sovereigns in the world. This was the first time this had been the case in over 200 years.
WkNaA TIL Julie Kavner (Marge) has appeared in all episodes of The Simpsons except one, which she boycotted due to the excessive use of celebrity voices. Marge is seen but not heard.