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TIL Disney owns an enormous amount of land in Florida (Nearly 40 Square Miles). All of Disneyland could fit in the Magic Kingdom parking lot.

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GAyJE TIL about Lampo the train dog, who memorized the Italian train schedule and used the system to travel around the country and return home at sunset all on his own.
41na TIL Tim Roth refused to audition for Reservoir Dogs & told Tarantino “just watch my past work.” Tarantino gave him the part while drunk, but later watched Roth’s last film, in which he said Tim Roth “was awful! He was the worst!”
e0B1L TIL oxygen masks in airplanes aren't connected to an oxygen tank. Instead, they use a chemical reaction to generate it on the spot
OGPA4 TIL about a man named Tricongius (meaning '3 gallon man') who was a celebrity in ancient Rome because of his ability to drink 3 gallons of wine in a single sitting. The Roman Emperor Tiberius is said to have been very impressed with him
8almP TIL Australia’s entire GPS navigation system was found to be off by 4 feet in 2016 when its satellite navigation systems failed to account for tectonic shift—roughly 2.2 inches a year over 2 decades—and threw everything slightly out of position.