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TIL Disney has the planning permission to build a nuclear power plant (and many other powers)

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VxRB TIL that Mexicans have the highest average annual hours worked in the world
RPjw TIL of Agloe, a town that was made up by map-makers for copyright purposes. Then a store was built there and the owners called it the Agloe General Store, based on the name on their map. Because a store was built there, the fake town was regarded as real decades after the store went out of business.
wL8WE TIL Bobby Dunbar, a four year old American boy, disappeared in 1912. After an eight-month nationwide search, they belived they had found the boy. The parents claimed the boy as their son. He lived his life as 'Bobby Dunbar.' In 2004, DNA profiling revealed he was not related to the family.
ADPEo TIL the political "Left" and "Right" picked those sides in 1789, when French revolutionaries in the National Assembly decided which side of the room they would sit on. "So as to avoid the shouts, oaths, and indecencies that enjoyed free rein in the opposing camp." -Baron de Gauville
GYmBE TIL about the Giant Golden-Crown Flying Fox. It is one of the largest bats in the world with a wingspan up to 5.6 feet.