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TIL that Homer (Dan Castellaneta) is the only member of The Simpsons family voiced by a man

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wQP6 TIL that at temperature below -20 degrees C emperor penguins form a huddle like the rugby players to stay warm. The temperature inside the huddle sometimes gets so hot (37 degree C) that some penguins come out or eat ice to cool off a bit.
jNaBQ TIL that the world's most well-preserved mummy was found at the altitude of 6,600 in Argentina. She was a 15-year-old Incan girl who had been sacrificed to gods around 500 years ago.
WknZ4 TIL during the Dust Bowl, the US government launched dynamite into the sky in order to provoke clouds into producing rain
gr6p7 TIL John Carpenter's The Thing (1982 film) was based on the shortened version of a novel that wasn't published until 2019
XEnkk TIL that Bobby Fischer, who won the World Chess Championship in 1972, became reclusive and erratic. 1992, he re-emerged, playing in Yugoslavia, which led to a conflict with the US government and a warrant for his arrest was issued. Eventually, he was granted asylum in Iceland, where he died in 2008