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TIL that the first entirely computer generated movie sequence in cinema history was the Genesis Device demonstration video in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The studio that made the scene would later become Pixar.

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mDdO TIL pikas (real-life pikachus) are adorable mammals from the mountains of the American West. They can overheat in temperatures as low as 75 degrees F, so they make specialized dens to stay cool even when 900 degree F fires roar just a few feet away.
M7E9V Til about king Henry ii and his son Henry the young king. Henry Jr led several revolt’s against his father. Despite this they never stop loving each other. When Henry II learn Henry jr had died he said "He cost me much, but I wish he lived to cost me more”.
ZPkQ TIL Han Solo is the only non-Jedi/Sith in the entire original trilogy to ever use a lightsaber when he cuts open the tauntaun’s belly.
N7nZ8 TIL William the Silent's second wife had an affair with the father of famous Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens.
w04o TIL I learned Penn Jillette from Penn & Teller has a patented “hot-tub with a jet specially angled for a woman’s pleasure” called Jill-Jet.