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TIL Joss Whedon co-wrote Toy Story, and Rex the dinosaur was Whedon’s creation.

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LQy1Z TIL Pete Best, original drummer of the Beatles, released an album called "Best of the Beatles" after he was sacked, leading to disappointment for record buyers who neglected to read the song titles on the front cover and expected a Beatles compilation.
9wLDX TIL The first deep water submarine rescue occurred in 1939. The submarine USS Sailfish sank off New Hampshire. 33 out of 59 of the crew had survived, trapped in a compartment that had not flooded. A newly developed device called the Mcann Rescue Chamber was used to rescue all the survivors.
xVNjo TIL that soldiers during the Vietnan War reported seeing bigfoot like creatures, which they named "Rock Apes".
Obba TIL that in order to transmit radio signals to submerged submarines, one technique is to place electrodes in the ground many miles apart, using the earth’s core as a giant antenna.
6P9J TIL O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack has been on the Billboard soundtrack chart for 8 ½ years