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TIL Kurt Russell was actually in Forrest Gump … as the voice of Elvis Presley

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awomL TIL The Infinite Monkey Theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter will produce, in an infinite amount of time, any finite text we can think of. This would include, as an example, the complete works of William Shakespeare.
LQ6YZ TIL that in 2015, a M2 machine gun was returned to an Army depot for refurbishment. It was found to have been the 324th M2 made, and that it had been in service since 1921.
a8YZA TIL: dumbo octopuses are named after the famous Disney elephant. Thet live at least 13,100 feet (4,000 m) below the surface. Dumbo octopuses move by slowly flapping their ear-like fins, and they use their arms to steer.
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