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TIL Walt Disney originally planned EPCOT to be a functioning Utopian city of the future.

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wyZ6 TIL Mebendazole, a highly effective, cheap, broad-spectrum antihelmintic (anti-worm medicine) was found out to cure one of the most invasive cancers (Adrenocortical Carcinoma). However, it is no longer manufactured in the U.S. as it was discontinued shortly after.
jJON TIL that when rescuing the Ethiopian jews an Israeli 747 broke the world record for passenger load for planes at 1,122 people. 2 of whom were born mid flight.
LkQdP TIL Security company Cloudflare uses a camera pointed at a wall of 100 lava lamps to generate the random numbers used to encrypt approximately 10% of all internet traffic
VBloB TIL the first director of the Big Brother series also directed The Human Centipede movies
k4Lg TIL: The youngest king ever was Alfonso XIII of Spain, who became king the day he was born.