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TIL Pixar conceived the ideas for Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, A Bug’s Life and Wall-E in one lunch during the production of Toy Story in 1994.

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e0bQn TIL : That Hydro-Quebec built the biggest vertical axle wind-turbine in the world! With it's 360ft height (110m), "Éole" was producing 4MW (enough to create power for more than 800 houses). Éole is no longer in operation since 1993 (1988-1993) due to some issue with the bearing olding it's 90+ tons
RWnw TIL that a man survived exposure to near-vacuum pressure for 10 seconds during a space suit test; he felt the saliva on his tongue boil right before losing consciousness.
Egx0 TIL that Mr. T’s real name is “Laurence Tureaud”
Eg0Md TIL Mel Gibson was an executive producer and episode director of the 2004 ABC multi-camera sitcom, Complete Savages.
91ZQ TIL When a Canadian nuclear reactor melted down in the 1950s, Jimmy Carter was one of the Americans sent to help. His crew built an exact replica of the reactor on a Tennis court to practice disassembling it, and had to enter and take apart the reactor one piece at a time, 90 seconds at a time.