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TIL Temple of Doom is actually a prequel set one year before the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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W7d44 TIL that the actress that did the voice of Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go To Heaven was shot in the head by her father shortly after her lines were recorded. She was 10. And it took Burt Reynolds (Charlie) 63 takes to record his lines after this (goodbye scene). I can’t stop crying.
XEx7Q TIL that sauerkraut is not actually German and is instead thought to have originated somewhere in Mongolia.
oB4Ar TIL that aspirin can be fatal to dogs, and that Benadryl can safely be used as an over-the-counter tranquilizer for dogs.
woZE8 TIL the Babylonians used base 60 instead of base 10 for their mathematical calculations. This is why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 360 degrees in a circle.
0gZv TIL That when a stretched out slinky is dropped, the bottom stays still in mid air until the two ends meet (Skip to 16 seconds)