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TIL Pixar changed the ending to “Finding Nemo” sequel after seeing a documentary on the terrible conditions at SeaWorld

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6EjNQ TIL that the standard workday was reduced to 8 hours because of international protests held on May 1st, the original Labor Day. "May Day" is still celebrated in most places around the globe, by everyone from Communists to Catholics, with the exception of the United States.
Y75Z7 TIL growth towards a light source is called positive phototropism, while growth away from light is called negative phototropism. Negative phototropism is not to be confused with skototropism, which is defined as the growth towards darkness.
XlaX TIL that pro wrestler Mick Foley (who fought in the WWE as Mankind) had his ear ripped off during a match, but didn’t stop the fight. Afterwards, given the choice of getting the ear reattached and fighting another event, he chose to fight in another event
6EkJl TIL that what American businessman and astronomer Percival Lowell mistakenly thought were “spokes” on the surface of Venus were actually shadows of the blood vessels in his eyes cast on his retina, his telescope essentially functioning as a giant ophthalmoscope.
Eg0yP TIL about George Bridgetower, a Polish-born black violinist and composer who rubbed shoulders with Beethoven, King George, and Thomas Jefferson