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TIL There’s a biker gang who sit in courtrooms to help sexually abused kids feel relaxed when giving evidence.

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75w7 TIL Chris Farley was supposed to be the voice of Shrek and had finished recording almost all of his lines when he died, and he was replaced with Mike Myers. Later, Myers had to re-record all of his lines when he decided to give Shrek a Scottish accent.
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