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TIL Tim Burton was originally working on a movie based on the Dinosaurs Attack! trading cards, but switched to Mars Attacks! after the release of Jurassic Park.

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BgwYy TIL that ancient Greek mythology included Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory; traditionally, she has a pool of water named after her in the Underworld, as a counterpart to the Lethe- The River of Forgetfulness. Before reincarnating, souls could drink from the Mnemosyne to remember their past lives
maVY TIL the shortest film nominated for an Oscar was under 2 minutes and a stop animation about making guacamole ~ Fresh Guacamole by PES
Oo0p6 TIL that Dan Aykroyd got into the "We are the World" video because he walked into the wrong place.
jaZN TIL that a thread on Apple forums suggests that Macbooks are causing immense eyestrain to a certain percentage of the population and nobody knows why. The thread is 8 years old and 160 pages long and Apple is refusing to admit the problem.
d1ZE TIL Women didn’t earn the right to vote in national elections in the nation of Liechtenstein until 1984, when men voted 2,370–2,251 in favor of granting women the right to vote in national elections.