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TIL The first COMPLETELY digital feature film was “The Rescuers Down Under” (1990)

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EBwP TIL fire burns faster uphill. For every 10˚ slope, the fire will double its speed. For example, if a fire is travelling at 5 km per hour along flat ground and it hits a 10˚ slope it will double in speed to 10 km per hour up the hill.
VBkA4 TIL Poachers have resorted to poisoning elephant water holes with cyanide to increase their efficiency. One poacher, Tony Maphosa, killed more than 100 elephants this way before being caught, after four years on the run
JYDKl TIL Artimus Pyle, the drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd, once entered the stage by being lowered on a trapeze rope while hallucinating on mescaline.
N45N TIL that a floating British base was abandoned until a rogue DJ moved there. He declared the floating fortress the Principality of Sealand. He raised a flag, named himself Prince and his wife Princess. Sealand withstood court challenges, and remains an independent nation to this day.
9Wmm TIL that kids need recess. It helps them release anxiety, helps them learn socially and helps them learn better while in school. Taking away recess does more harm than good.