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TIL that the official name for ‘Mexico’ is the “United Mexican States.”

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YpAxx TIL Disney composer Alan Menken came from a family of dentists and trained at medical school. He was a poor student, "wild hippie" and barely finished NYU. 8 Oscars, 10 Grammys, 7 Golden Globes later, Menken is now a star at NYU with a doctorate and scholarship in his name
MexOb TIL that silly string has military usage in the detection of tripwires. The string would settle onto the ground in areas without tripwires, but catch on to any that is present. The silly string reveals the wire, but it will not set it off due to its light weight.
neBj7 TIL about "The Works", a 3D computer animated film in production from 1979-1986 by Computer Graphics Lab. It was planned to be released as the first entirely 3D CGI film in the early 80s (predating Pixar's Toy Story a decade) and run for 90 minutes, though only 10 minutes are known to exist.
GVJQ TIL during shooting of the Titanic, 80 people working on the film were poisoned-including James Cameron. The perpetrator was never caught
W7w8o TIL that one in 18 people have a third nipple. Known as polythelia, the third nipple is caused by a mutation in inactive genes.