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TIL that India was going to ban showing of “The Life of Pi” because the CGI starved tiger was so real the Indian authorities thought a real tiger had been starved

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x6XYk TIL despite looking really similar, toads don't hop for mobility like frogs, they walk to cover greater distances
QJe0M TIL that the original character of Bungle on the 80’s children’s tv show Rainbow was absolutely terrifying. ITV had to change the characters costume due to many complaints from terrified parents and children.
l7xA1 TIL about a $25.5 million lawsuit filed against Mattel over a Cabbage Patch Kids "Snacktime Kid" doll that was made to chew on plastic french fries and carrots. It allegedly gnawed a girl's hair down to her scalp and the lawsuit stated that the entire family would require psychological help.
N7bw6 TIL that, when the last woolly mammoths died out in 1650 BC, only about 4000 years ago. By that time, the pyramids of Giza were already a thousand years old.
NXPXM TIL about Whittaker Chambers, a Soviet spy with a limited knowledge of Austrian German who is responsible for the popularization and an inaccurate English translation of Bambi.