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TIL that Walt Disney disliked the Goofy cartoons and only continued the series to make-work for his animators

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Og8L TIL that the Automotive Crash Injury Research Center originally used corpses rather than dummies when crash-testing cars
gMad4 TIL before his death, Fidel Castro's last wish was to avoid being a "personality cult"; because of this, Cuba prohibits the use of Castro's name in the names of "institutions, parks, streets and other public places, as well as any honorary titles or medals."
vPD8x TIL Coca-Cola's Chinese name means 'delicious enjoyable' (可口可乐; 可口可樂 or Kěkǒu Kělè). When transcribing into Chinese, loangraphs are often chosen deliberately as to create certain connotations.
BZkb TIL in WWI, a man was shot in the frontal lobe and, as a result, never slept again. He lived for 40 years after this injury.
E1nbV TIL Rosa Parks didn't actually refuse to sit in the back of the bus. She was sitting in the back of the bus but refused to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled.