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TIL Donald Duck has only had two primary voice actors since his creation in 1934, one serving 51 years and the other 32 and counting

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ADDld TIL Laika, the first living being launched to space exactly 60 years ago, had a painful death. Until 2002 russian authorities sustained she survived for several days and died painlessly, assuring it was possible to live in space.
PP0n TIL the actress that plays “Flo” for the Progressive commercials makes half a million a year
vP4GK TIL the building where the Triangle Shirtwaist fire took place is still standing and is used by NYU for its chemistry and biology departments.
JxX1 TIL a man ate only bacon for 30 days, and lost about 20 lbs in 1 month.
J1JKQ TIL that at the time of the French Revolution the majority of people in France did not speak French. It is estimated that at the time of the French Revolution in 1789, only half of the population of France could speak French, and as late as 1871 only a quarter spoke French as their native language.