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TIL Pixar rewrote its animation system for the first time in 25 years to make the movie ‘Brave’

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kOW8B TIL Carrol Spinney, the puppeteer who played Big Bird for 46 years, was in talks to fly on the Challenger mission to orbit the Earth as Big Bird. The plans fell through, and the shuttle infamously blew up shortly after takeoff.
DQmKe TIL in 910, Hungarian horse archers defeated a much larger German army by pretending to retreat for 12 hours, luring them into a trap, then annihilating them with hidden reserves.
erAn TIL France wants to ensure all new rooftops must be topped with either solar panels or plants
PP0n TIL the actress that plays “Flo” for the Progressive commercials makes half a million a year
4kKV5 Today I learned that Tinashe (R&B Artist) was the famous meme "Hero Girl" from Polar Express