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TIL Andy Serkis based his voice for Gollum in 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, on his pet cat coughing up furballs

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9w0B TIL the captain of the Titanic originally failed his navigation test.
b6Ra0 TIL Laurie Metcalf played Sheldon’s mom in The Big Bang Theory and her daughter Zoe Perry played Sheldon’s mom in Young Sheldon
DQoBj TIL among private industry jobs with 20,000+ people & at least four reported deaths in 2021, tree trimmers & pruners had the highest rate of work-caused deaths in the US with a fatality rate 21 times higher than the typical American job.
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