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TIL that a dead fish can swim upstream when its body resonates with oncoming vortices.

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vaYK TIL when child actor Jackie Coogan turned 18 he found out all his money ($68 million) had been spent by his mother who argued “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns before he is 21 belongs to his parents.” Coogan’s Bill was passed to protect child actors
N7MJN TIL That Grease 2 was meant to be the 2nd film in a 4 film franchise, plans were scrapped after the movie bombed. Disney ended up adapting the unused script for Grease 3, which became High School Musical.
ADYwn TIL that due to tension between Pixar and Disney over whose film it really was, Toy Story had two premiers, one hosted by Disney and one hosted by Steve Jobs. Disney invited actors and other Hollywood celebrities, Jobs invited people from the tech industry.
VBWvk TIL that when Judge Alton B. Parker was offered the nomination for President in 1904 by party elders, he gave such a bland speech about foreign policy that even his own supporters were uninspired. After the speech, Parker decided to stay silent and not to comment on the major issues.
a8pJJ TIL had Napoleon not sold Louisiana (size of 4 French landmass) to the United States in 1803, Britain would've ended up with it after the Napoleonic Wars and modern day Canada would've stretched to the gulf of Mexico.