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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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g8Ly TIL Montreal has musical swing sets downtown. When in motion, they produce sounds. If you can sync all 3 swings, it creates a song.
b9a0j TIL that the Koyukon people of Alaska have a tale in which Raven takes 2 of each animal to protect them from a flood that actually predates the arrival of Christianity
5VBEk TIL Eating hair can result in large, undigestible masses in the stomach called "bezoars" that may require surgery to remove
e0n5 TIL Bill Nye holds a patent for improved ballet shoes
kYOm TIL that Nero did not “fiddle” during the Great Fire of Rome. Upon hearing news of the fire, Nero rushed back to Rome to organize a relief effort. He opened his palaces to provide shelter for the homeless, arranging for food supplies to be delivered in order to prevent starvation among the survivors