TIL that originally Pixar made computers and made 3D animations to show how powerful their computers were. People liked the cartoons so much they later became an entertainment company
TIL that long before Cherry Coke was officially introduced by Coca-Cola in 1985, many diners, drugstore soda fountains and movie theaters dispensed an unofficial version by adding cherry-flavored syrup to Coca-Cola.
TIL I learned that the the town of Boring (Oregon, US) established relationship with village of Dull (Scotland, UK) in 2012; the following year they were joined with the Shire of Bland (New South Wales, AU) to form the League of Extraordinary Communities.
TIL that when Edwin Hunter McFarland could not fit all letters into the first Thai typewriter, he left out two consonants, which eventually led to their becoming obsolete.
On Dec. 23, 1987 in Hollywood, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx was declared dead for two minutes after a near-fatal injection of heroin. Sixx was transported to a local hospital and released the next day. He admittedly began shooting up again almost imme... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Sixx
There is strong evidence the US sent residents back to the bikini atol post testing of nuclear weapons as it "affords the opportunity for a most valuable ecological radiation study on human beings ..." the relocation resulted in many premature deaths an... https://theecologist.org/2014/mar/19/human-radiation-experiments-pacific
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