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TIL Stephen Hawking does the voice acting for his own appearances in Futurama (he also does this for The Simpsons too, but not Family Guy)

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ANOWx TIL Judaism is is the second most-practiced religion practiced in New York City and has a larger Jewish population than the combined totals of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
6L5Y TIL that basically none of the casinos we associate with Las Vegas are officially in the city of Las Vegas. They’re all located in an unincorporated town named Paradise.
a8k99 TIL Charles Barkley has many nicknames including: The Round Mound of Rebound, The Chuckster, The Chuck Wagon, The Prince of Pizza, The Incredible Bulk, The Leaning Tower of Pizza, Bread Truck, Boy Gorge, Love Boat, Food World, The Crisco Kid, Wide Load from Leeds, Ton of Fun and Goodtime Blimp.
vP1Lr TIL that The Beatles re-recorded two of their hit singles in German due to wanting to sell more in Germany
6E81X TIL: The Great Whiskey Fire of Dublin in 1875 was when 5000 barrels of whiskey ignited and flowed into the streets. 13 people died that day, but not from burns or smoke inhalation. They died from alcohol poisoning after trying to drink it all.