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TIL that the production crew for the Rugrats cartoon would often create extremely graphic and lewd storyboards for faux episodes as in-jokes. One such storyboard involved Tommy having sex with his parents.

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l771V TIL the Torrent duck lives on fast-flowing mountain rivers and whitewater rapids. The ducks nest in rocky coves next to the waterfalls, and the, very buoyant, ducklings quickly figure out to avoid flowing downstream by resting in the eddies in front of boulders.
DAnV TIL In 2005, a Croatian architect installed a set of large marble stairs that descends into the sea that effectively transform the entire area into a colossal musical instrument played by the motions of the winds and the sea. It is called ‘The Zadar Sea Organ’
N74v8 TIL Marketing to children, such as commercials and toys based off kids shows, was illegal in the United States until Ronald Reagan took office. He changed that law, which started the “Dark Ages of Animation.” This lasted until 1991, when Nickelodeon changed to focus on animators and storytelling
5YlDD TIL that the reason most long term depressed people that "feel less", remember less and experience " blurred memory" is due shrinkage of the hippocampus.
JNWk TIL there was a satirical study published in the British Medical Journal in 2003 in response to the antivaccination movement titled “Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge”. It’s conclusion? Throw antivaxxers out of planes without parachutes.