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TIL that the voice of the grinch and narrator in the original how the grinch stole Christmas special was Boris Karloff, a horror actor best known for playing Frankenstein and the Mummy in the Universal monster movies.

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9Y9Nm TIL of the Yaghan, the people inhabiting the southernmost tip of the world. Despite extreme cold, they used to wear no clothing and instead lit many fires. This caused passing European ships to call their land the "land of fires".
R1G1 TIL that in 1968 there were four mysterious submarine disappearances. The USS Scorpion, the Israeli submarine INS Dakar, the French submarine Minerve and the Soviet submarine K-129 all went down.
8ayXX TIL John and Paul used to get the bus around Liverpool to ask strangers at their homes how to play chords in early Beatles songs.
awZx9 TIL Barney Martin (Jerry's dad on "Seinfeld") was an NYPD officer for twenty years. During his tenure he got his start in comedy.
P18rJ TIL milk jugs have those circle indentations for structural support, lower production costs and to allow changes in volume.