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TIL If a male lion is neutered it’s mane will fall out.

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OoAML TIL that the first jazz performance of "Someday My Prince Will Come" was by the Ghetto Swingers at the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943. To avoid causing controversy, the band had to change the program name from "Music by Frank Churchill" to "Music from Disney's Snow White"
XEGQR TIL: During the Great Depression of the 30's it wasn't uncommon for woman to make dresses out of burlap bags and other material. What I learned was when companies learned of this, they started to put designs and patterns on the bags to attract more buyers.
PbQL TIL animators and fx artists for Disney’s Frozen were sent to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to experience walking, running, and falling in deep snow. Both male and female personnel tried on long skirts to see how they interacted with the snow.
PKLn TIL that 3 people tried to inform PepsiCo about the secret formula of Coke-A-Cola. Pepsi then informed Coke, and the FBI.
eabn TIL the last cipher from the Zodiac Killer, a 340 character code sent to newspapers in 1969, remains unsolved.