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TIL that in 1994 the writers of Toy Story concepted WALL-E, A Bug’s Life, Monster’s Inc., and Finding Nemo all during a single lunch.

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neRGo TIL that French President Charles De Gaulle survived an assassination attempt due to the bullet being stopped by the frame of the photograph of his daughter Anne that he always carried with him. Anne had downs syndrome and died 14 years earlier at the age of 20
Y7epW TIL that the term 'Wiki' was coined in 1995 by Ward Cunningham after the Wiki Wiki Shuttle bus in Hawaii. Wiki means 'quick' in Hawai'ian.
nyVr TIL that the 5 nanometer transistor production process (~ year 2020) is expected to be the end of Moore’s Law
w7MY TIL that the African Sahara Desert comprises about 8% of the world’s land area, and you could place the entire continental United States within it and have room to spare
GYQ8G TIL Basic human emotions such as happiness, sadness, Anger, fear and surprise are embedded in our instinct (as default settings) BUT the only emotion that we acquire by learning is Disgust. That is why some foods seem normal in some cultures but considered disgusting in others.