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nWKeG TIL: That Ikue Ōtani, the voice of Pikachu, voices the role in all languages which is unlike other Pokémon voice actors, where the actor is different in each country's anime dub. It is said that Pikachu's voice was kept consistent across languages so its name would be universal across the world.
Px0n TIL after winning the Nobel prize, Niels Bohr was given a house with unlimited free beer on tap by Carlsberg brewery.
QNrW9 TIL that in 2024, scientists confirmed the moon has a constantly regenerating thin water layer caused by solar wind. Hydrogen ions from the sun react with oxygen in lunar soil to form water molecules, making it a surprising water factory in space despite its dry, airless environment!
8xaV TIL Cryos, the world’s largest sperm bank, has started turning down redheaded donors because there is too little demand for their sperm
0KRL TIL that all US Presidents, but one, share the ancestor King John Lackland who signed the Magna Carta in 1215.