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TIL that Roald Dahl changed the Oompa-Loompas from black-skinned pygmies to dwarves with “rosy-white” skin after allegations of racism.

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poG8 TIL that Fred Jones from Scooby Doo is currently played by the character’s original voice actor from back in 1969.
xVp8B TIL Japan was a democracy before WW2
yLZM TIL the ATF set up a sting operation during which they hired and then arrested a mentally retarded man, allowed armed felons to leave the store, arrested four of the wrong people, paid such high prices for guns that people sold them to the agents at a profit, and eventually got burglarized.
ANZBl TIL The Nova Effect - events in life cause intense change of a person’s thinking
KVaQ TIL an Owl’s eyes are so well developed, they are not eye balls but elongated tubes. It is for this reason they cannot roll or move their eyes and can only look straight ahead (which is why they have adapted an extraordinary range of movement in their neck).