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TIL it took 6 hours to render one frame of the rain soaked T-Rex in Jurassic Park.

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DjZY TIL That in 2010, a band of Somali pirates attempted to capture the US Navy Frigate USS Nicholas, mistaking it for a merchant vessel
Pbag TIL Apple, Google, Microsoft, and several other large corporations have agreed to not hire each others employees in order to stop employees wage bargaining potential, Facebook refused to take part.
wvKo TIL of the US Supreme Court decision Buck v. Bell where the Court approved the practice of forced sterilization of citizens the state deemed unfit, including the intellectually disabled, in order to to improve the human race by eliminating “defectives” from the gene pool.
6EbGY TIL a nurse named Niels Högel is one of the most prolific medical serial killers of all time (85 confirmed, 300+ suspected). He administered lethal doses of heart meds to patients so he could try to revive them in front of colleagues for attention and praise.
gMywL TIL that an island in the middle of Loch Lomond in Scotland is home to roughly 60 wallabies