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TIL It took about a year to make the 4 minutes of CGI used in Jurassic Park

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pY9jN TIL the process of electing a Doge in the Venetian Republic began with an official going to a nearby plaza, grabbing the first boy he saw, and forcing them to choose ballots out of a box. The process subsequently lasted 10 more rounds of "torturous, ridiculous, and profound" election performance.
7rZyX TIL That, of 195 countries on earth, England has invaded 177 of them.
oPAo TIL that Grant Imahara from the Mythbusters is one of the few people in the world to operate R2D2
jlmp TIL Stephen King has written a children’s book using a pseudonym and reviewed it as himself.
yQeJ8 TIL Kodak invented the digital camera in 1975 but hid the invention because they feared it would jeopardize photographic film sales