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TIL Walt Disney didn’t credit any of the voice actors in his first four films (Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, and Bambi) because he wished to maintain the illusion with the audience that these characters were real.

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OoXRg TIL Dr. Bagenholm fell face first into a frozen river while skiing and got stuck. Doctors revived her from being clinically dead which led to the development of therapeutic hypothermia, which has increased survival rates and brain function in many heart surgery, epileptic, and stroke patients.
pYPMe TIL that during the 2022 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, the 2022 Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship and the 2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships a Song created "to boost protesters' morale" was played instead of Hong Kong's actual national anthem
8a7XZ TIL a 74-year-old woman lay dead for a decade in her apartment before someone found her body. She lived in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and have died by natural causes. Since she was not officially dead, her pension would be paid every month and the bills would be automatically paid. None noticed.
w5KY TIL the movie “Blazing Saddles” was the first film from a major studio to have a fart joke.