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TIL the voice actress for the character Eva in the 2004 video game 'Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater' was credited under the pseudonym Suzetta Miñet and it was only revealed yesterday, 2 decades after the game's release, that the VA was actually Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel in The Little Mermaid

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vPBZ4 TIL that the Guano Islands Act of 1856 allows any US citizen to claim any unclaimed island anywhere, as long as it contains deposits of guano (bird excrements used as fertilizer).
LkEom TIL in 1992, Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash overdosed in a hotel hallway and experienced cardiac arrest for 8 minutes before being revived by paramedics and playing a show the next night. He said he "was pissed off at himself for dying".
Am9x TIL that Cephalopods (Octopus) have been known to climb out of their aquaria, maneuver a distance of the lab floor, enter another aquarium to feed on the crabs, and then return to their own aquarium.
oBPWL TIL that in 2012 Switzerland carried out a wargame based on the scenario that France had divided into multiple countries after a political and economic crisis. One country, "Saonia," hypothetically invaded Switzerland to retrieve stolen money stashed in Swiss banks.
ROOa TIL despite actually being a boxing slang, there is a widespread notion that the phrase ‘Saved by the bell’ originated as an expression that relates to people being buried alive having a bell that was attached to the coffin, thus ringing it and be saved.