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TIL that Chris Farley completed most of his recordings for Shrek, and some of that audio was released.

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kO01W TIL that ancient Japan had female warriors called Onna-bugeisha, who would fight alongside Samurai in times of war. They started to lose their importance by the 17th century, when roaring ideals of fearless devotion and selflessness were gradually replaced by quiet, passive, civil obedience.
R5B5w TIL The vertebrate with the smallest brain to body mass ratio is the deep sea "bathypelagic bony-eared assfish"
KOadJ TIL that the F-Word in English likely stems from the Latin word Pugnare, which means to Hit as opposed to common misconception of Fornication Under the Command of King
dDM8K TIL: That there is a new U.S. government entity, ARO or Anomaly Resolution office, whose sole responsibility is to investigate credible sightings of UFOs, (unidentified flying objects)
4GLJ TIL of Guenter Verheugen, the guy who got mobile phone manufacturers to adopt MicroUSB as the universal standard for charging/connectivity.