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TIL that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg worried that the Sharptooth fight and death of Littlefoot’s mother in The Land Before Time would be too frightening or even psychologically-damaging to young children, so they consulted psychologists to examine the scenes.

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JYXx8 TIL the world's longest burning fire is 6000 years old
oRZwr TIL in 2010, Washington D.C. held a mock election and invited hackers to test its online voting system. They managed to elect Master Control Program from "Tron" as mayor, Skynet from "Terminator" to Congress, and Bender from "Futurama" to the school board. It took D.C. officials two days to notice.
d801Q TIL that ancient Spartan schools deliberately underfed boys to force them to steal food, but severely punished anyone who was caught. This was thought to toughen them up, especially since it accustomed them to hunger, which was common on the battlefield.
4knZb TIL that George Michael made his first American acting debut in March 2008 on the US TV show, Eli Stone. His character was a guardian angel that appeared as visions to Jonny Lee Miller’s character. Each episode of the show’s first season was also named after George Michael songs.
6EyL7 TIL of U-505, a Type IXC U-boat, that was attacked and successfully captured by a Hunter-Killer task group in 1944. Towed to Bermuda, the submarine was brought to Chicago, Illinois where it was restored and placed on display in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.