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TIL The American Voice Actor for Bob in Bob The Builder until it's 9th season, William Dufris, also was responsible for audiobook work on The X Files series, The Pendragon Series, and many more titular fiction and non fiction works.

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p8WGp TIL: The Halifax Explosion - two ships collided in the Halifax Harbor, one of which was carrying munitions, resulting in one of the largest man-made explosions pre-1945. 2,000 killed, 9,000 injured, and nearly all buildings within a half-mile were destroyed
W7pbA TIL Many types of marine birds have a “salt gland” which functions similarly to a kidney and allows them to excrete salt from the fish and other ocean life they’ve eaten.
9Y6D TIL that there is a book sequel to Forrest Gump in which Forrest helps develop New Coke, crashes the Exxon Valdez, helps destroy the Berlin Wall, meets Tom Hanks, and fights in Operation Desert Storm with an orangutan named Sue
xVMvw TIL Cincinnati Built a Subway System a Century Ago but It Wasn't Used
GAk17 TIL about the Trans-Sahara Seaway and its abundanceof flora and mega-fauna. A huge waterway that crossed the Sahara millions of years ago.