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TIL of composer Frank Churchill, who worked on early Disney films Snow White, Bambi and Dumbo, winning an Oscar for Dumbo. In 1942, just months before the release of Bambi, he shot himself, purportedly "at the piano." He received two posthumous Oscar nominations for his work on the film.

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WvVL TIL in Hinduism the world is destroyed every few billion years in a flood. A family chosen by god survives on a boat with two of every animal.

p86rN TIL that a long full grown beard without a mustache, like the type worn by Amish men, is called a "Shenandoah", which is not to be confused with the "chinstrap" which also is a beard without a mustache but does not extend below the jawline.

5YrJn TIL Bubble wrap was originally designed to be used as wallpaper for homes. It was invented by engineer Al Fielding and Swiss inventor Marc Chavannes in 1957. They were trying to create a textured wallpaper.

p8n98 TIL Paro Airport in Bhutan is so dangerous that only eight pilots are qualified enough to land there. (Pilots maneuver between mountains, fly within feet of houses, and land on a narrow, 6,500-foot runway.)

gBbb TIL the Air Force learned by flying its C-17s in a large V formation similar to geese, they saved more than 10 percent of fuel — or millions of dollars