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TIL that the shamisen, a Japanese stringed instrument, was traditionally made of dog or cat skin

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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.
nNv7 TIL that “Police Officer” is not even in the top 10 most dangerous jobs in American and that “Garbage Collector” is the 5th most dangerous
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N7KJE TIL Jewish artist Felix Nussbaum kept painting while hiding from the Nazis, chronicling his life of terror. He was killed in Auschwitz
gGX7 TIL that the Pacific Ocean is so big it has its own antipodes (two points on exact opposite sides of the earth)