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

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PYb7e TIL that when Michelangelo painted “The Last Judgement” on the Sistine Chapel, one of the Pope’s chamberlains, Biagio da Cesena, commented that the painted belonged in a brothel, not on sacred walls. Michelangelo painted him as Minos in hell, with donkey’s ears, and a snake biting his penis. NSFW
xRvD TIL that the 5th oldest tree in the world was destroyed when a 26 year old model set a fire to see better while she was smoking meth inside the hollow trunk. She was turned in by friends after showing them pictures of the fire and telling them “I can’t believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus.”
d8LQE TIL that a duck’s wake always creates an angle of 38.9 degrees no matter how fast the duck is going
kO4pE In Norway, there sits a literary time capsule that is slowly filling with the unread manuscripts of the world’s best authors.
OGbE6 TIL one of the leaders of the NAACP in the early 20th century was Walter White. Who was able to pass as white and protect himself during tense situations in the 20s and 30s.