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TIL that despite increases in computer power, each Shrek movie has taken about twice as many hours to render as the one before it. Dreamworks calls this “Shrek’s Law”.

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Q0Ne TIL that before Billboard took control of the Canadian singles chart in 2007, the #1 song was Nine Inch Nails’ “Survivalism” - the fifth rock-oriented #1 that year. The first #1 on the revamped Canadian Hot 100 was “Umbrella” by Rihanna. Not a single rock song has hit #1 since.
ANQxB TIL that there is a fudge factory in a town called Uranus in Missouri
8eAQ8 TIL Mars had a prime meridian (+0 hour timezone) 50 years before Earth
ANPQl TIL Singer Hank Williams died less than two months after releasing his final single titled "I'll never get out of this world alive"
QNQKa TIL than even if terminal velocity is around 53 m/s (190 km/h or 118 mph) for a skydiver, speed skiers can go faster than this. Record is Simon Billy (France) 255 km/h or 158.7 mph on March 22, 2023.