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TIL Tim Burton stopped Disney from making a Nightmare Before Christmas sequel because it wouldn’t have been made using stop motion animation.

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dD5g7 TIL of the 24 hours of LeMons race held once a year in Sebring, which anyone can join with their choice of junkyard beater, provided you install the required safety equipment.
oWyL TIL there’s a a fake bomb detector produced in the UK that has been sold to 20 countries in the Middle East and Far East, including Iraq and Afghanistan, for as much as $60,000 per unit. The fake bomb detector is still in use by police and army in those countries.
8eeGa TIL of the term Euphemism Treadmill: As words turn into a pejorative they get replaced by other words that turn into a pejorative
d86Kj TIL that Dan Slott almost did a Spider-Man/Doctor Who crossover comic.
npkr TIL The goliath tigerfish is said to be a bigger and deadlier version of the piranha. It has 32 teeth that are of similar size to those of a great white shark and has been known to attack humans and even crocodiles. It has only ever been caught by a handful of fishermen due to the danger it poses.