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TIL The kid’s television show LazyTown used Unreal Engine during filming to render it’s environments in real time.

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VMZ5p TIL that British merchant seaman in WW2 received no pay from the moment their ship sank. If the seaman was fortunate to survive the sinking, the shipping company regarded it as "non-working time"
xXd1 TIL that when Pixar started to work on Toy Story 3, all the animators agreed to shave their hair, and to have a competition to see who could last the longest without cutting it.
8aVLZ TIL of the death of Don Henry and Keven Ives, who were hit by a train as they lay on the tracks. The deaths were initially ruled an accident as a result of the boys sleeping on the tracks due to marijuana intoxication. The cause of death was changed to "definite homicide" after a second autopsy.
l76O5 TIL: Kogoro Kurata and roboticist Wataru Yoshizaki founded a company which builds rideable mech robots. He was inspired by Mecha anime. His first release of Kurata mechs sold for $1.35million, weighed 4,500kg, and 4 meters high. The company is still working on mechs today.
neb7d TIL In the year 2000, in what is considered the most dominant season of golf in history, Tiger Woods was 160 under for 36 rounds and averaged a staggering 67.33. He had a total of 9 wins, 3 being in a row.