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TIL ‘Maui’ in Moana is Based off Dwayne Johnson’s Real-Life Grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia of Samoa

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1ak9r TIL Folding 1000 paper cranes was a requirement for Japan's Astronaut Program.
N7omb TIL that the first person of color to ever be vice president of the United States was Charles Curtis, VP to Herbert Hoover who was of American Indian tribal citizenship
8eJLL TIL The previous heir to North Korea is believed to have lost his position as the heir after he tried getting into Disneyland in Japan with a fake passport. He was then exiled from the country and later assassinated him in 2017 after many failed attempts.
yVZPV TIL that nearly all of what we see as lightning is the current returning to the cloud from the ground. It appears to be coming from the cloud because it is illuminating the bolts that didn't reach the ground
Oobng TIL Michael Keaton was originally considered for the role of Dr. Jack Shepherd in 'Lost', and he was going to be killed off at the end of the pilot episode