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TIL that hundreds of giant companies including banks, phone companies, hotels, radio stations, retail chains, drug companies, and others all use the same woman for their automated phone system voice, and that she even does voices for talking toys

69vpZ TIL that Holy Trinity Church, London hosts an annual Clowns International service honouring deceased clowns and is attended by clowns in full costume. It's also home to the The Clown Egg Register. This is an archive of painted ceramic eggs that serve as a record of individual clowns' make-up design.
9enQ TIL the Nation of Islam believes that white people were made by a black scientist named Yakub (Jacob) 6600 years ago. The whites were exiled to Europe. They lived in caves, and were eventually drawn out by Moses. Moses tried to civilize them, but he gave up and blew up 300 of the worst with dynamite
jKGa TIL Don King has killed two men. He shot one in the back who had robbed his illegal gambling house and later stomped an employee to death over $600. He was convicted of murder and later pardoned after Jessie Jackson, Coretta Scott King, and several others wrote letters to Ohio’s governor.
loEAK TIL rabies victims develop an aversion to water because the virus reproduces in the salivary glands; drinking water would reduce the risk of spreading to new hosts.
G4bN TIL of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was charged and executed in 2004 for allegedly setting his house on fire to murder his 3 children in 1991. All the evidence against him was debunked by experts in fire investigations 5 years later.