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TIL the first ever piece of computer animation was the title sequence for Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo

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7jBO TIL dodo birds were not dumb but friendly to people, and that is what led to their demise.
KYb0Q TIL that hookworm infection “played a major role in the South’s lagging behind the rest of the country.”
8elnb TIL that after being initially cancelled, the second season of ‘Jericho’ was only reinstated after fans sent 20 tons of nuts to CBS studios in a nationwide protest.
xV79o TIL whales earwax acts as a hearing aid. The wax has a similar density to water and allows sound to travel through the ear canal into the inner ear unimpeded—something that would be impossible if the ear was filled with air.
0wbRA TIL most Confederate statues were built in the early 1900s, and then again in the 1950s and 60s. Both were times of extreme civil rights tension.