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TIL: The Lyre Bind can imitate chainsaws

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4X6vJ TIL in Russian, "vodka" basically means "lil water." The word for water is "voda," and "ka" is a diminutive ending.
jJyE TIL There’s an alternate ending to The Lion King, where Scar defeats Simba by throwing him off Pride Rock to his apparent death. A fire then consumes Scar who stands there, laughing manically, while he burns to death. It was deemed “too dark” for a Disney film.
v1XRB TIL that the Soviet Union allowed theaters to play The Grapes of Wrath because of its depiction of the plight of the poor under capitalism, but it was later withdrawn because Russian audiences were amazed that even the poorest Americans could afford a car.
VDE0 TIL of the Bugis, an ethnic group in Indonesia whose society recognises five genders. Four are comparable to cis/trans male/female respectively, while the fifth, bissu, transcends gender.
8e6MG TIL in 1945 there were statues created from the measurements of 15,000 American men and women, representing the average size and shape of a U.S. citizen. They were named Normman and Norma.