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TIL 10.2% of Milwaukee eats fish fry on a friday night

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awDkA TIL John Lasseter was dismissed from Disney for promoting computer animation. He joined the Graphics Group (now Pixar), Lucasfilm. Steve Jobs acquired GP for $10 mln and invested his savings into Toy Story. In 1995, it became the year’s highest-grossing film with the box office of $373.6 mln.
JYyJv TIL that baseball fields are often built facing northeast. This is done so the sun is kept out of the batter's eyes during an afternoon game. There is even a rule in Major League Baseball (Rule 1.04) that advises the ballparks to be oriented this way.
wXRo TIL there was an armed guard on site at Columbine on the day of that massacre.
5YMGP TIL the singer of Midnight Oil, most famous for the song Beds are Burning, has served as Minister for School Education and Minister for the Environment of Australia
Q5d9 TIL A Florida man tossed an alligator through a drive-thru window. He was charged with “assault with a deadly weapon.”