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TIL Steven Spielberg was an executive producer on 70 episodes of ‘Pinky and the Brain’.

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NXYo8 TIL in 1953 US and Britain instigated a coup d'état in Iran which began a period of dissolution for Iranian democracy and society. This eventually led to the Iranian revolution and the creation of an Islamic Republic.
GA9A1 TIL that Buddhism is actually pretty sparse in India. Only 0.7% of Indians are Buddhist. By comparison, 1.2% of Americans are Buddhist.
Z8JRv TIL The intelligence of Manta Ray. Manta ray in distress 'asks' divers for help. The three-metre-wide gentle giant, affectionately named Freckles by local divers, approached them and flipped over in the water to show them her problem – hooks embedded under her right eye.
ANme7 TIL of birds that use heat from active volcanoes to incubate their eggs. Maleo is a critically endangered bird endemic to Sulawesi Island.
N7KrJ TIL Junko Furuta was a 17-year-old girl when she was kidnapped, she went through hell for 44 days before death finally relieved her pain on January 4, 1989. Junko was tortured to an extent that in the end, she was unable to stand or even speak. Her killers are now living as free men