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TIL Bob Barker, former host of ‘The Price is Right’ once spent $700k to move three elephants to a more comfortable climate

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x6vpb TIL that Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind had a different English dub back in the 80s called "Warriors of the Wind" and it was incredibly shortened. It was apparently so bad that Hayao Miyazaki adopted a "no cuts" clause for future English releases of Studio Ghibli films.
4kgJg TIL the founder of Utilitarianism had his body preserved & displayed in a British college. He's currently chillin' in the student center.
XEVgR TIL Grizzly bears' muscles suffer no atrophy despite months of inactivity in hibernation; scientists discovered that non-essential amino acids (NEAAs) regulated by particular grizzly bear muscle proteins allowed muscle growth during inactivity.
9wEwm TIL executing minors in the US wasn't ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court until 1993.
gMNJX TIL that from 1746 until the precedent was overturned in 1996, English law considered bagpipes not a musical instrument, but a weapon of war.