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TIL during the making of Toy Story 2, a technical error nearly erased the entire film and all its assets, however an animator working remotely had a backup copy that rescued it. That animator, Galyn Susman, was laid off earlier this year.

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N71NP TIL the Woolworths store in Australia is unconnected to the historic brand in the UK and the US. The name was registered by the Sydney founders as a dare to see if it would be allowed. Despite the brand name being well established overseas it was available in New South Wales.
XEZ6j TIL a large asteroid (Asteroid 2019 OK) zipped between the Earth and the Moon this past July — and astronomers didn't even know it existed until just a few days before. The asteroid was traveling at a speed of 55,000 miles per hour and came about 5 times closer to Earth than the Moon.
ygE8 TIL A Greek merchant vessel call the “Captayannis” capsized in the middle of the River Clyde in Scotland in 1974, and has remained there ever since as nobody claims responsibility for it. It now homes marine life and birds.
BrWpr TIL That the Etoro people of New Guinea believe that in order for a boy to achieve manhood they must first ingest the semen of their elders through fellatio. The nearby Kaluli tribe find this barbaric, and instead believe that the semen should be delivered to the boys in the anus.
gwPL TIL There was a real team of Jewish assassins called “The Avengers" who tracked down and executed Nazi war criminals after WWII.