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TIL The actor ( Christopher Sarandon ) who played Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride was also the voice actor for Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas

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8OnL TIL approximately 80% of “close door” elevator buttons aren’t connected to anything.
Dv9D TIL less than 5% of current deforestation in the Amazon is due to logging. The majority is for cattle ranching.
eVpb TIL a British soldier passed SAS selection, broke his foot and had to do selection again, passed with a broken foot then knocked a Donkey down with 1 hit.
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