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TIL That during production of The Lion King, 5 animators worked for over 2 years to create the 2.5 minute “wildebeest stampede” sequence

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Vgrm TIL in 2009, a 9yo girl suffered a life-threatening pregnancy as a result of being repeatedly raped by her Step-Father. After the pregnancy was terminated, the performing Doctor and the girl’s mother were excommunicated by the Catholic Church. The Step-Father was not.
xNw1 TIL Rick Astley has only earned $12 in royalties from the ‘RickRoll’ meme
awvyA TIL that sitting opposite the well known 7 deadly sins are 7 cardinal virtues including: prudence, justice, temperance, courage, faith, hope, and charity
g8XW TIL the only person besides Harrison Ford to appear in all three original Indiana Jones movies was an Englishman named Pat Roach. He also died twice in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
v1nKK TIL Only about 10% can freely control the muscle that is stretching the eardrum. "Ear rumbling" is flexing the tensor tympani muscle, that makes the same noise and vibration you sometimes get when swallowing or yawning. Some people can flex it endlessly.