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TIL that to save the bumblebees, a California court ruled bees to be classified as fish because insects aren’t covered by the endangered species act. The request for “bees are fish” was considered in 2019 and recently passed.

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DdDD TIL the first guest to enter Disneyland was college student Dave MacPherson. He didn’t ride a single attraction because he had to get back to school. He was awarded a life long ticket to Disneyland (with up to 3 guests). The ticket has since extended to include Disney parks around the world.
Z81r4 Today I Learned that the Exxon Valdez disaster led to the creation of Credit Default Swaps, the financial instrument that massively contributed to the Global Financial Crisis.
DQKnp TIL that okra features heavily in Caribbean, Indian and Nigerian cooking. It is a much more widespread vegetable than I had first assumed
Xj7X TIL the phrase ‘all the way to the bank’ was popularized by Liberace. When a journalist implied Liberace was gay, he sent him a telegram saying “What you said hurt me very much. I cried all the way to the bank.” It became his catchphrase after repeating it to reporters while suing the newspaper.
1a9QX TIL that Alan Moore wrote Rorschach in 'Watchmen' to be Batman in the real world but didn't realize that 'smelling' and 'not having a girlfriend' would come off as heroic to comic fans. "Fans come up and say I'm Rorschach. This is my story and I'm thinking, Could you never come near me again?"