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TIL Walt Disney brought live deer into his studio during the making of “Bambi” so the animators could study the real movements made by these animals.

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lYXG TIL when the girl featured on the front cover of Vampire Weekend’s ‘Contra’ album artwork found out about the illegal use of her 26 year old photo, she sued the band. She found out when her daughter brought home a copy of the album one day.
yNv8 TIL the actor who played the sadistic chief guard in The Shawshank Redemption is also the voice of Mr. Krabs
DQ5nY TIL that 'Gigli' (2003) was such a colossal bomb, that the director Martin Brest hasn't directed anything since
4XnNg TIL Anna Bagenholm survived the lowest body temperature ever recorded at 56.7 F (13.7 C). She had been skiing when she fell through a frozen stream and became stuck for 80 minutes. Despite being clinically dead, she made a full recovery and is now working at the same hospital that saved her life.
6nWm TIL that in the Great Depression in the 1930’s, Canada had zero bank failures compared to over 9,000 failed banks in the USA.