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TIL that Disney was so eager to persuade Robin Williams for the voice of the genie in Aladdin that before approaching him they animated and lip-synced the genie doing a performance from Robin’s album Reality… What a Concept. Williams was impressed and immediately accepted the role.

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16QRP TIL that Missouri is likely called the Show-Me State in reference to a speech from a Congressman in 1899: "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."
Bgy0r TIL: Pufferfish create intricate underwater crop circles as part of their mating ritual.
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