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TIL that Toy Story was the first entirely computer-animated feature film

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neopo TIL 95% of individuals in the witness protection program are criminals, but only 10% of these people re-offend. Ex-prisoners have a recidivism rate of 65%+
DXJj TIL Engineers have already managed to design a machine that can make a better version of itself. In a simple test, they couldn’t even understand how the final iteration worked.
0wd7v TIL that bushido (the samurai code of conduct) is a modern construct, invented by a Christian Japanese in an English publication
j6Rv TIL that when a fish is caught and processed, most countries only utilize about 30% of it. The rest gets thrown away. Iceland, with it’s 96% utilization, is an exception.
xM47 TIL that during a meeting of the Roman Senate, Cato accused Caesar of reading personal notes while the Senate was in session. When Caesar let Cato read the notes, he was shocked to see that they were love notes from Caesar’s mistress, or Cato’s half-sister.