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TIL John DiMaggio, mostly famous for being the voice behind Futurama’s Bender, is also the voice of Jake the Dog from Adventure Time, Four Arms from Ben 10, Schnitzel from Chowder, Marcus Fenix from Gears of War, Brutes from the Halo Series and the list goes on.

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e0Ej6 TIL: the knobby bumps on a giraffes head are not bone antlers (as with deer) but are hard cartilage (like the hard part of a human ear), and add weight and firmness that allow the giraffe to use its neck and head as a ball and chain flail and deliver fatal blows.
5YxEQ TIL Charles Dickens once jumped in through the window of his wife-to-be's home dressed in a sailor suit, did a jig whilst playing the hornpipe, jumped back out the window again and re-entered the room as if nothing had happened.
jNOlM TIL Heironymous Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delight's" has a tortured soul depicted with music written on his butt. It was transcribed and recorded into music you can listen to.
8aMv8 TIL that in 2006 a secret speech by the Hungarian Prime Minister was leaked in which he admitted that they lied all the time during their term and didn't do anything useful. It provoked nationwide protests including a siege of the Hungarian Television building.
7rp4b TIL on the set of The Princess Bride, André the Giant once "let out a 16 second fart and brought production to a standstill." Nobody said anything except director Rob Reiner, who said "Are you OK, André?" to which André replied, "I am now boss."