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TIL 90% of the world has been invaded by Britain at some point in history

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E1xAV TIL the lion roar sound effects used in The Lion King are not actual lions, but voice actor Frank Welker growling and screaming into a metal trash can.
bpwa TIL Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in ‘something like 1990’, seven years before the release of the first book.
5YM99 TIL that some Ghanaians hire dancing pallbearers to carry the coffin during funerals
XAjX TIL L. Ron Hubbard’s ( the creator of scientology) eldest son L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. rejected his father and scientology and changed his name to Ronald DeWolf.
oGR7 TIL that Leonardo da Vinci created plans for a “mechanized knight,” - a robot-like creation reliant on a system of pulleys. When these plans were found almost 500 years later and built according to Leonardo’s specifications, the design worked perfectly.