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TIL baloo from the Jungle Book is lazy because he’s literally supposed to be a “sloth bear”

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NNgJ Today I learned that the basis for incorrect and false descriptions of the Iraqi chemical weapons program was a 1998 action movie called The Rock starring Sean Connery, Nicholas Cage and Ed Harris.
Wpy9 TIL that in 1936 a patent for a “flying saucer” called Aerodina Lenticulara was applied for. The same inventor is also credited by some with the world first jet in 1910. In 1905, he also built a missile-aeroplane for the Romanian Army.
oBRBA TIL Pole Vault Poles are hollow.
k907 TIL: Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory was financed by the Quaker Oats company to sell their real-life Wonka Bar. The bar was taken off shelves after a few months due to problems with its formula, but the film went on to become a cult classic.
69GBW TIL that after the film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium was used as a joke in the final season of Breaking Bad, the film's writer and director completely disowned it and admitted that it was a train wreck.