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TIL that in The Lovable family-friendly Disney movie, The Emperor's New Groove, the original name of the emperor was Manco. Which they had to change because in Japan that is a slang word for vagina, thus changing the connotation of exactly which groove they were talking about.

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Z8Q5p TIL about project Orion, a project to develop a spaceship propelled by nuclear explosions. The project was abandoned due to a treaty that forbid nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water.
9wQ7 TIL that in Star-Wars, all lightsabers were supposed to be White, the Blue / Red distinction was made during post-production.
v1G1x TIL that the computer scientist, Dennis Ritchie—the creator of the C programming language, and an important Unix contributor—died on 12 October 2011, exactly a week after Steve Jobs. News of the former's death was largely overshadowed by that of the latter's.
LQvDd TIL about Tiago Rech. In 2012, he gained fame as the sole fan supporting his local team, Santa Cruz-RS, at an away match. His dedication led to him being hired by the club. In 2014 he became the club president and in 2020 they won the FGF Cup and classified for Copa do Brasil for the first time.
ZpeYQ TIL that the famous song "Happy Birthday to You" was originally written as "Good Morning to All" in the late 1800s by Patty Hill and her sister Mildred. The melody was later adapted, and it became the go-to song for birthday celebration worldwide, despite being the most sung song in English Language