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TIL The characters in Pixar's Cars were modeled in CAD software, as with real cars, before imported into other 3D software for animation

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wLgn7 TIL that cats can eat blueberries and other vegetables
Y7Bk7 TIL the rat in the James Cameron film 'The Abyss' was actually breathing in breathing fluid
D4ev TIL on December 24, 1955 a newspaper ad told kids they could call Santa & listed the number. The number was incorrect & went to the US Air Defense Command. The colonel on duty told his team to give all kids Santa’s “current location.” This tradition now handles calls from over 200 countries.
d7d9 TIL The day the Secret Service was created by Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1865, was also the day he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
69Pxl TIL of the Mad Gasser of Mattoon - an individual dressed in black that was believed to be responsible for gas attacks in Mattoon, Illinois during the 1940s. Despite claims and eye witnesses many have written it off as a mass hysteria event or one caused by the inhalation of pollutants/substances.