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TIL: Humans aren’t the only species that fights wars — two chimpanzee clans once fought a four-year war for territory

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0wlWj TIL Current theory is Venus initially spun anticlockwise. In a way, still does, but upside down. It flipped its axis 180 degrees at some point. Theory: Sun's gravitational pull on Venus' atmosphere caused strong atmospheric tides that combined w/ friction between Venus' mantle and core, flipping it.
loJ87 TIL That even though the city of St. Louis lost its NFL team, the city is still paying off the debt from the construction of the stadium.
e0Aok TIL After watching Star Wars in 1977, James Cameron quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry
R7kL6 TIL Tony Hawk rejected Activision's buyout deal for the permanent use of his name and likeness on the original THPS game, but accepted a royalty deal in which he would earn a percentage of every copy of the game sold. He earned ten times the original offer within two years
Jlkv TIL Walt Disney had to fight to get Snow White made . His brother and business partner Roy Disney and his wife Lillian attempted to talk him out of it, and the movie industry referred to it as “Disney’s Folly” while it was in production. He had to mortgage his house to help finance the film