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TIL Star Wars Episode IV was one of the first movies to use CGI

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xA5b TIL the engineer who designed the Japanese Kamikaze dive-bombing planes of WWII felt bad about his role in the war, so at its end, he decided to use his skills for peace by designing the body of the Shinkansen (Bullet Train), which has, to this day, operated with zero accident-caused fatalities.
P1awn TIL that certain types of cheeses are made using tiny arachnids called "cheese mites" which ingest the unfinished dairy product and excrete the material that completes the cheese.
Pd1G TIL over 60 percent of Chinese consumers also say that they are willing to pay more for products labeled “Made in USA” than for those labeled “Made in China”.
neYG7 TIL that the word 'companion' comes from the Latin words 'com' (with) + 'pane' (bread), so the origins of companion/companionship are those you share bread with
ZpbAD TIL what that little peephole in elevators is for: it’s actually a manual door release for maintenance or emergencies