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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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p8ydN TIL Salvador Dali once conned Yoko Ono out of $10,000 by sending her a piece of dried grass instead of a hair from his moustache
QJOpE TIL peat is the most effective carbon sink on the planet, covering just 3% of the land’s surface, but storing 42% of the Earth’s soil carbon.
x6p6g TIL that in the Battle of the Nile, Admiral Francois-Paul Brueys's hands, face, and arms were mauled by cannonfire: he continued to command, when a cannonball severed both his legs. He then ordered his men to strap him to an armchair and continued to order his men until his ship, L'Orient, blew up.
x4Dg TIL that 5.5 million people died in a famine under British rule in India. Around the same time, Lord Lytton, the Vice Roy of India was engaged in a fabulous celebration with over 60 000 guests to be wined and fed for the coronation of Queen Victoria as the Empress of India.
b6kLa TIL . . . about Sadako Sasaki's poignant story in Hiroshima. Despite illness from the atomic bomb, she folded cranes for healing. Though she's gone, her legacy thrives. Thousands of cranes sent yearly echo her hope and strength.