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TIL: Chris Farley was Originally The Voice of Shrek and had recorded 85% of his lines before he passed away.

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ne8QW TIL that the teddy bear was named after Teddy Roosevelt, former President of the United States, after he refused to shoot a bear during a 1902 hunting trip.
W7AoB TIL about War Plan Red: a series of possible pre-emptive American campaigns to invade Canada in several areas and occupy key ports and railways before British troops could provide reinforcements to the Canadians
loMdG TIL that the CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don’t write names on the cups, its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks,” and its workers need an escort to leave their work posts.
Jy5j TIL the whiptail lizard is an all female species, the males have gone completely extinct. They’re not hermaphroditic, the females actually lay, and hatch from unfertilized eggs
PjjG TIL Survivors of Australia’s infamous “Ash Wednesday” bushfires reported houses exploding before the fire could touch them due to the air pressure change, steaks found cooked well-done in deep freezers, a car moved 90m from the cyclonic fire storm and sand turned to glass.