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TIL no animated film has ever been three or more hours long

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6EZ8m TIL soybeans and edamame come from the same plant, just at different stages of maturation
xV7wD TIL JRR Tolkien (Author of the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings) would hand-write, illustrate, envelop, seal, stamp letters from "Father Christmas" to each of his children each year.
v1OED TIL in 1981 archaeologists discovered a medieval knight's body which still had liquid blood, intact organs and visible irises.
Xb6E TIL that when William Frantz Elementary School integrated in 1960, all but one teacher refused to teach while a black student was enrolled. Barbara Henry, 28, was the only one willing to teach six-year old Ruby Bridges as a class of one.
VJ5G TIL that people are most scared about death in their 20s, and become more accepting of death as they get older.