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TIL the original voice actor for Porky Pig had a natural stutter. He was fired from the role because he stuttered too much

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e8yE TIL that if humans ever colonize Venus, they might do so with floating cities. Because the breathable oxygen/nitrogen mixture found on Earth is lighter on Venus, it acts the same as Helium does on Earth; it not only “floats,” but can sustain weight.
4koLg TIL, there are almost 80 H-E-B stores in Mexico!
rNB9x TIL that Veronica Hamel, public defender Davenport in Hill Street Blues, was the model in the last ever tv cigarette ad in the United States.
VMnOB TIL that monkeys aren't supposed to eat bananas. The bananas that humans consume are so full of sugar that monkeys will get diabetes if it is a regular part of their diet.
NXwgN TIL of Lost City a robust ancient Ancestral Puebloan city in Nevada that was rediscovered in late 1800s that was knowingly flooded and lost due to the Hoover Dam construction and creation of the Lake Mead reservoir