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TIL that one of the big challenge faced by the animators of The little mermaid(1989) was making Ariel's hair move properly in underwater. They solved this by modelling her hair based on astronaut Sally Ride's hair in zero gravity conditions

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lAo7 TIL that All 17 species of penguins are found exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere.Emperor Penguins are the tallest species, standing nearly 4 feet tall. The smallest is the Little Blue Penguin, which is only about 16 inches.
OjEa TIL The Pledge of Allegiance did not include any religious language until 61 years ago when, “under God” was added.
oRyW TIL that 1 out of 100 Germans is genetically immune to the HIV virus.
yVeKM TIL about "Terminal Lucidity." The unexpected return of mental clarity and memory shortly before the death of patients suffering from severe psychiatric and neurologic disorders
e0Xn4 TIL that in early Japan, when the head of a household died his house was burned; before the founding of Kyoto, whenever an emperor died his entire capital city was burned as a rite of purification.