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TIL the Notre Dame fire disaster was made worse because a guard was sent to investigate, but to the wrong location where he found no fire. The alarm system was not designed to automatically notify the fire brigade

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awRJ9 TIL about the Milt Kahl Head Swaggle, in the days of 2D animation moving a head while talking was an extremely difficult task as the timing would need to be perfect or it would look unnatural
p8ONN TIL that Killer Whales are not actually whales. They're dolphins.
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