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TIL Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was going to be the hunter who killed Bambi's mother but Disney objected

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9YdAr TIL that Canada share's a border with France. Some islands off the coast of Newfoundland are still owned by France and use the Euro as their official currency.
rNk1M TIL about Lake Natron in Tanzania, which is so dangerously alkaline thanks to the magmatic limestone from a nearby volcano, any animal that dies and falls in is mummified. The only animals that go there are lesser flamingos, who use it as a mating ground, and even they sometimes die.
GA9xJ TIL fertile women emit pheromones that cause men to drink more alcohol
ANwko TIL of Griscelli syndrome, a genetic change that causes silvery hair in newborns.
oR7DY TIL Singer Barry White was a heavy smoker and smoked around 150 cigarettes, or 7 to 8 packs, per day.