› added 1 month ago

7

TIL that Pixar has a "cry formula", in 77% of their films, the emotional gut punch comes in the final 30% of the movie. The studio has made audiences cry for 30 years straight and the pattern is almost identical every time.

Read more sheets.works

via reddit.com

aw4OJ TIL Wages today are lower for the Average American Worker (Adjusted for Inflation) is earning less than Workers in 1973, despite Working More and are more Productive.
yV8a8 TIL Winnipeg's early skyscrapers are National Historic Sites of Canada. Between 1900 and 1916 twelve skyscrapers were built, inspired by aesthetic trends and technology from Chicago
nWm8W TIL that Mario & Luigi met Inspector Gadget on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
ywRl TIL of Ken Allen, an orangutan who became famous for escaping from his enclosure at the San Diego Zoo 3 times in the 1980’s. He would peacefully stroll around the zoo looking at other animals and never acted aggressively. Other animals even followed his lead and began escaping, too.
aw79M TIL at the start of Operation Good Hope, US forces were supposed to land on the beaches of Mogadishu under the cover of darkness. Instead, they were met by CNN who was covering the landing live on television.