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TIL that the Mouse Utopia Experiments In the 1960s had a huge influence on the animated film The Secret of Nimh. NIMH stands for the National Institute of Mental Health, by the way.

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p86XA TIL that Killdozer (Marvin Heemeyer) made an album called 'Last Action Hero'
pYmjZ TIL that the Soviet Union was one of the largest producers of TVs in the world. However, many of them had a rather worrying defect: They could explode at any moment.
moaO TIL that Sadie Hawkins was the ugliest girl in town and that’s why she couldn’t get a date. So, they hosted a footrace and forced the slowest man to marry her.
b6Mn4 TIL Until the middle of the 20th century, cats tasked with rodent control aboard ships were issued passports, uniquely signed with the imprint of their own paws.
vQQx TIL in 1997, Sir Patrick Stewart put on and starred in a “photo negative” production of Othello. He starred as a white Othello opposite a black cast. It was the first time this concept was used.