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TIL the Japanese onomatopoeia for Godzilla’s iconic roar in comics is ギャオーン (pronounced “gyaōn!”) but in English comics it is “skreonk!”

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XVaE TIL The killer white rabbit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail was dyed red to mimic blood after the battle scene. The dye used turned out to be permanent, and filming stopped during the scene while the cast furiously tried to clean that rabbit before the owner noticed. Alas, they were unsuccessful
M7PpV TIL that after Indonesia left the UN in 1965, President Sukarno attempted to organise a rival org called the 'Conference of the New Emerging Forces' (CONEFO), made up of other states that lacked UN representation such as Mainland China, North Korea and North Vietnam
7rLP7 TIL lobsters have the enzyme called "telomerase" which stops DNA strands called "telomeres" from damage as new cells are made. Other organisms' telomeres erode with age, but lobsters can theoretically live forever, because their ability to create perfect copies of cells never erodes.
nWBwr TIL the mayor of High Wycombe, England, since the 17th century must be weighed before and after their term to see if they gained weight from corruption. If they do, they are publicly booed.
AJe4 TIL There’s a Service called PotatoParcel that Sends a Message on a Potato to Anyone in the US