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TIL: Rodents cannot vomit which is why poison is such an effective way of getting rid of them

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KXXB TIL that The Hobbit (1977) was animated by Topcraft Studio, which eventually dissolved and became Studio Ghibli.
5wQB TIL on August 16, 1942, a military blimp left San Francisco bay on a routine submarine-spotting mission. A few hours later, the airship wandered back over land and crashed with nobody aboard. Life rafts and other gear had not been touched. To this day the two man crew has never been found.
69Ejl TIL the Big Mac was created to compete with the Big Boy. Its two prior names before its current name was created by a 21-year-old advertising secretary, Esther Glickstein Rose. First was the Aristocrat, dropped as it was hard to pronounce, then the Blue Ribbon Burger. McDonald's settled on Big Mac.
rRYb0 TIL Michael Jackson had over 1,000 unreleased songs on a harddrive at home which Sony bought for 250 Million after he died.
J1jkm TIL India celebrates Children's Day on November 14, exactly nine months after Valentine's Day.