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TIL Miles “Tim” Horton, founder of eponymous Canadian donut chain, died in car crash at 44 while DUI

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4Qvb TIL that Disney created a short called The Sorcerer’s Apprentice to boost Mickey Mouse’s fading popularity. As production costs began to mount, they decided to include it as part of a feature film set to classical music. This became the classic Disney film, Fantasia.
7JJr TIL that an arm and a leg are worth $323,099 on average in the USA.
wLBA1 TIL Humans are incredible long distance runners. There’s a Man vs Horse marathon held in Wales annually since 1980. It’s been won by a human multiple times after the first human winner in 2004.
Gvk5 TIL there is a monument in Russia dedicated to enema treatments.
wL8Wo TIL In 2006, a Coca-Cola employee offered to sell Coca-Cola secrets to Pepsi. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola.