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TIL Walt Disney often acted out all the characters and stories at production meetings and “was just as great as Chaplin”. His staff often thought that Disney could have been a great actor or comedian

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eOj5 TIL that self-injury works to reduce emotional pain because of a phenomenon called pain offset relief. “This may be because the physical pain relief that follows a self-injury event basically tricks the brain into perceiving relief of emotional pain too!”
5Y1ak TIL: Lightning can, and commonly does strike during a snowstorm. this phenomenon is known as “thundersnow.”
PYyVV TIL that ABBA's song Happy New Year is one of the most spirited and revered songs in Vietnam, even though it wasn't successful in Sweden or the US
LQjvQ TIL about the Blue Men of the Minch, mythological creatures from Scotland. They live in the sea and can speak. When a group approaches a ship, their chief says two lines of poetry to the ship's captain. If the captain fails to finish the poem, the Blue Men will try to capsize the ship
6p4w TIl that due to the Earth rotational bulge, the highest point on Earth is not Mt. Everest, but Chimborazo, Ecuador