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TIL Toy Story 2 was nearly deleted after a Pixar employee accidentally ran a command that started removing files

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KYL19 TIL The performer of the "Amen break" which is one of the most sampled drum breaks in popular music with over 1000 samples, died homeless and destitute without receiving any royalties.
Ywdx TIL there is enough water in Lake Superior to flood the entire landmasses of North and South America to a depth of 1 foot. It contains over 3 quadrillion gallons of fresh water.
wZJE TIL that Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro both stopped by(separately) John Belushi’s Hotel Room to do coke hours before he died.
MMaK TIL the reason that (research) submarines are yellow is because yellow is one of the last few colours to be visible at great depth.
m1ZP TIL that one of the original names thought up for Hannah Montana was Alexis Texas.