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TIL Michael Jackson wanted to play Jar Jar Binks using prosthetics.

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LyxQ TIL that Simpsons’ “Bleeding Gums” Murphy is Dr. Hibbert’s brother
OoEEX TIL Daniel Radcliffe broke over 60 wands and went through over 160 pairs of glasses during the filming of Harry Potter
GAYyG TIL NASA estimates that Voyager 1 will have enough power to continue communicating until 2025, 48 years after its launch. Its fuel for running the communications equipment, plutonium-238 dioxide, will have decayed too much to generate the required heat to keep them operating.
XExXj TIL about The Great Stink, whereupon during a long hot summer in 1858 the River Thames in London got so stinky, it stopped Parliament carrying out business, and made Joseph Bazalgette an unsung British hero.
N5BQ TIL the Western African gorilla’s scientific name is Gorilla gorilla, including a lowland subspecies named Gorilla gorilla gorilla