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TIL Whales have accents and regional dialects
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TIL The Catholic Church has paid out over $3bn in the US to settle various abuse lawsuits
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TIL that DeForest Kelley never actually said "Damn it Jim! I'm a doctor, not a..." in the original Star Trek series on TV. The word "damn" was actually banned on TV at the time.
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TIL that the Love Death & Robots episode Life Hutch is set in the same universe as the legendary The Outer Limits episode Demon With A Glass Hand. Both are set against the backdrop of Harlan Ellison's Earth-Kyba-War.
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TIL that Michael Jackson collapsed during rehearsals back in 1995. He hid the fact that he was suffering from abdominal pain, migraines and dizziness for an entire week. Doctors diagnosed gastroenteritis, liver & kidney problems, dehydration and low blood pressure. He was admitted to intensive care
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TIL one of the undisputed fathers of computer science helped develop crypto analytical devices to fight the Nazis. His reward; a criminal conviction for homosexuality and forced chemical castration. Within 1 year he became impotent, developed breasts due to hormonal imbalance, and committed suicide.