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TIL a Looney Tunes director and animator, Robert McKimson, bragged to colleagues for getting a good bill of health at 67. His family history of living past their 90s caused him to tell his colleagues: “I’m going to be around after you guys are gone!” He died two days later of a heart attack.

by whatilearned February 2, 2023, 1:27 am

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TIL about Robert Williams Daniel, a Titanic survivor who it was claimed, swam naked for several hours in the bitterly cold water, before being rescued.

by whatilearned February 2, 2023, 12:01 am

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TIL Robert Fripp, Guitarist and Founder of King Crimson composed the Windows Vista startup sound

by whatilearned February 1, 2023, 12:30 am

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TIL Robert De Niro paid a dentist $5,000 to have this teeth ground down to look more menacing for Cape Fear. He later paid $20,000 to have his teeth restored once production was complete

by whatilearned January 29, 2023, 5:37 am

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TIL of the Leaning Tower of Niles, a half-size replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, located in Niles, Illinois. It was completed in 1934 by industrialist Robert Ilg as part of a recreation park for employees of the Ilg Hot Air Electric Ventilating Company of Chicago.

by whatilearned January 21, 2023, 2:16 pm

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TIL At the 1829 Rainhill trials John Ericsson and John Braithwaite’s Novelty was the fastest of the locomotives, traveling up to 45km/h, but a series of breakdowns led to George and Robert Stephenson’s slower but consistent Rocket winning the prize.

by whatilearned January 20, 2023, 1:53 pm

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TIL Robert Iger was so involved with Disneyland Shanghai that he saw every show and been on every ride multiple times. He wanted the park to be distinctively Chinese, so Mickey Avenue was put in place of Mainstreet USA

by whatilearned January 20, 2023, 1:31 am

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TIL that Titanic survivor Jack Thayer wrote an account of the sinking in 1940, that was so accurate that it helped Robert Ballard pinpoint where the wreck of the ship was.

by whatilearned January 18, 2023, 12:17 am

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TIL that famed herpetologist Robert Merten documented his death by twig snake bite in his journal, which took 18 days to prove fatal. He wrote near the end that it was “the only appropriate demise for a herpetologist”.

by whatilearned January 10, 2023, 10:14 pm

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TIL it took 18 months for Microsoft to create the Windows Vista 4-second startup sound. The soundbite was picked from hours of audio recorded by King Crimson’s guitarist Robert Fripp.

by whatilearned January 8, 2023, 5:57 pm

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TIL about Robert Williams – His death, although an industrial accident, is considered to be the first known instance of a human to be killed by a robot.

by whatilearned January 2, 2023, 12:02 pm

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TIL that Robert Oppenheimer’s Interim Committee advised the American government not to warn Hiroshima’s civilians of the impending atomic bomb. He was nervous that the bomb may not detonate properly, and also felt that a lack of warning would create a greater panic among Japanese leadership.

by whatilearned January 1, 2023, 3:41 am

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