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TIL early “Toy Story” scripts were so bad that production was halted. Steve Jobs kept work going with personal funding until a better script was ready. When production green-lit for $17M, Jobs demanded more funds from Disney, who refused until Pixar’s co-founder was able to compromise a new budget

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5bRR TIL that a programmer developed an operating system called TempleOS since 2003. Hospitalized for mental health problems, he believes that TempleOS is literally the Third Temple as biblically prophesied. Per God’s “instructions,” the OS uses a 640x480, 16 color display, and uses the language HolyC.
rRkn1 TIL Great White Sharks Are Completely Terrified of Orcas that they will flee their hunting grounds and won’t return for up to a year when killer whales pass by.
R7KaQ TIL Boeing wanted to make air travel 20% faster in 2001 but airlines wanted to save money and bought the Airbus A380 instead.
yQgKJ TIL that sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.
b9rKQ TIL that the word palindrome spelled backwards is emordnilap and an emordnilap is actually a word that, when spelled backwards, makes a new word (ex: desserts & stressed). So basically, "emordnilap palindrome" is an emordnilap palindrome.