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

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e04r6 TIL in one of Charles XII's (King of Sweden) drunken escapades he forced a bear to drink so much wine that it fell out of the palace window and died. After this incident Charles vowed to quit drinking which he adhered to, with a few small exceptions, for the rest of his life.
N77nb TIL... because it takes longer for Venus to rotate on it's axis than it does to rotate around the Sun if you were born on Venus you would turn 1 year old before you turned 1 day old
VJn4 TIL: 13 Billion USD is all it would cost to put everyone in the USA in a 4-year public university. A rounding error by federal budget standards.
epbA6 TIL of Nandy, a disabled Neanderthal skeleton found in Iraq who suffered blindness, major hearing loss, a missing arm, and other serious healed injuries that likely left him unable to care for himself. Despite this he lived into his 40s, suggesting he was supported and cared for by his community.
5YN79 TIL about John Carpenter who called his father on the popular television show "Who wants to be a Millionaire" and told him that he was going to win the million dollars.