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TIL Rich Moore, director of Wreck-It Ralph, was a director of several Simpsons Episodes in the early 90s, including the original Tree House of Horrors

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a4oL TIL the story of Aladdin has no Arab source, was written by a Frenchman and takes places in a Chinese town and Aladdin is explicitly Chinese.
WkQRY TIL Annie Kopchovsky—the first woman to cycle around the world—only learned how to ride a bike two days prior to setting off. She ended up accomplishing the trip in 15 months and won $10,000 for the feat.
wLLrP TIL of 1,000-year old windmills still operating in Iran
vy0j TIL Geordi La Forge of Star Trek: The Next Generation, played by Levar Burton, was named after a Star Trek fan who died from muscular dystrophy.
lgaA TIL that along with being accused of cannibalism, early Christians in the Roman Empire were considered atheists because they denied all the other gods