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TIL while making Moana, Disney producers visited the South Pacific and assembled an "Oceanic Story Trust" comprised of local cultural experts to advise on accuracy of details. Maui was originally bald but he was redrawn with a full head of hair as hair symbolized mana (power) in Polynesian culture.

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PPZ TIL There are people who firmly believe nuclear weapons are a hoax
YpO5A TIL JFK was on a yacht in the Mediterranean with a mistress as Jackie Kennedy gave birth to a stillborn child in 1956
nWEGB TIL The publication of "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" in 1962 by Thomas S. Kuhn was a landmark event in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science
OG46Y TIL of the Erfurt Latrine Disaster. During a meeting called by Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, the second floor of the cathedral collapsed. 60 German nobles died when they fell through the first floor into the latrine cesspit below. Many died drowning in liquid excrement.
p8By8 TIL in 1955, Jack Graham placed a bomb in his mother's suitcase in order to collect on insurance he purchased moment before her flight. The blast killed her and 43 other people on the plane