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TIL Rene Rancourt, who has been singing both the American and Canadian National Anthem at Boston Bruins games for over 35 years, has never had a contract with the Bruins. According to him, “…I’ve always just shown up and I’ve become associated with the Bruins.”

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1aNpr TIL Goku from DBZ in Japan is voiced by an 83 year old woman, who holds world records for her long-running voice acting career
nW8J9 TIL that male Gentoo penguins propose to females by giving them a pebble. If the female accepts the pebble, they become a mated pair and use the pebble to build their nest.
JYQJ4 TIL that the inventor of the Teddy Bear was Margaret Steiff, a German woman who also had three paralyzed limbs due to polio.
OoZ11 TIL that only 9% of all plastic waste ever produced has been recycled.
YpbKW TIL: Workers constructing a then-secret bomb/fallout shelter in Budapest meant to protect the leadership were told the project was actually a subway station. The Rákosi-bunker (AKA F-4 Object) was active from the 1950s to the 70s. Few in the public knew of it until a documentary appeared in 1994.