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TIL that in 1946 Walt Disney produced a film named "Song of the South" that was never released on DVD or streaming market due to the subject matter of slavery portrayed in the film. It also happens to be the origin of the song "zippidy doo-da".

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LQLXZ TIL the black bears in California's San Gabriel Valley were shipped here from Yellowstone in the 1930s, when they were retired from entertaining visitors by eating garbage in arenas.
ne9eG TiL: Australia's only recorded pirate is Black Jack Anderson, an African-American sealer who operated out of limestone cave rich Middle Island. From 1826, he robbed ships, murdered local Indigenous men and kidnapped their women for sex slaves. He is thought to have been murdered by his crew.
KOyoa TIL that in 1921 private police in the US dropped bombs and mustard gas on a coal miners' camp when they went on strike for better working conditions
rRngo TIL: how to convert miles to kms. Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21... Let any term be the no. of miles & the next term is≈ the no. of kms: 2miles≈3km|3miles≈5km|5miles≈8km|8 miles≈13km. The ratio of consecutive terms converges to the golden ratio (1.618), & the no. of kms in a mile=1.609
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