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TIL that in order to hand draw all of the bubbles in The Little Mermaid, the manpower was outsourced to a China based firm, and the finished artwork of the bubbles was kept in a vault blocks away from the demonstration at Tiananmen Square in 1989. This almost delayed the production of the movie.

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ypNV TIL Astronauts on Skylab 4 staged a mutiny after feeling that they were being worked and pushed too hard. They reportedly spent their day off relaxing and taking in the panoramic views of Earth from orbit.
85PV TIL : There are special bins in Mexico City in which people can deposit their dog’s poop for free WI-FI, the container measured the weight of the poop then emitted a set number of minutes of free Wi-Fi for every pound of feces it collected.
dDZbE TIL after Columbus landed in the Americas in 1492, they discovered Taino people roasting meat over a grill, allowing the flames and smoke to envelop the meat for a certain flavor. Called "barabicu" by the Taino, the technique spread to Europe and the colonies, and is now known as Barbecue.
rNmWd TIL the oyster mushroom is carnivorous and preys on nematode worms to supplement its nitrogen intake. It can paralyze nematodes within a few minutes of contact, and then sucks their innards out through their mouths
LQeaV TIL about the fundamental attribution error. A theory in social psychology which posits that people tend to overattribute the behaviour of others to their personality and underattribute them to situation or context