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TIL that not all people have an inner dialogue/monologue .

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N9jM TIL that the tongue of a blue whale can weigh as much as an elephant and an entire football team could stand on it
kbvB TIL that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory had trouble castin the Oompa Loompas because since it was filmed in Germany the nazi regime had exterminated most dwarfs.
KOwAR TIL that a toilet break once sank a submarine. When the captain of U-1206 was unable to operate the toilet, he called in an engineer, who flipped the wrong switch, causing water to flood in and filled the ship with chlorine gas. The ship surfaced, was spotted, and was attacked and scuttled.
7rbEL TIL that "Voldemort" (vol de mort) translates from French/Latin to "flight of death;" also "theft by death," or how Voldemort took Harry's parents from him.
Br4ke TIL that while mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, because they are descended from once-domesticated horses, they are actually feral horses.