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TIL Stephen Hawking provided the voice for his own character in Futurama

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D19OJ TIL about the Mako Mori Test, an improved version of the Bechdel test which examines whether or not a work of fiction includes at least one female character with her own narrative arc which does not exist to support the narrative arc of a male character.
x6oB7 TIL female ferrets can literally die from horniness when on heat. Only mating or medical intervention can save them.
BAQK TIL that ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, isn’t called IOS because every language has a different abbreviation, so they made a reference to the greek word “isos”, which means “equal”.
gMLoA TIL in the Movie Django unchained, Leonardo Di Caprio bled for real in the scene where he smashes his hand on the table and this was unscripted
kOOed TIL that the term "chain gun" is a registered trademark