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TIL that the actor who played Marvin in Pulp Fiction (the guy Vincent accidentally shoots in the car) is the voice of Hermes the Jamaican Bureaucrat on Futurama.

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wLae7 TIL the Africa Union plans to have a single, continent-wide currency. The currency is likely going to be called afro or afriq.
kOovW TIL that one man fathered nearly 500 children as a result of many men being dead or left unable to reproduce after World War One in postwar Britain
wLxgM TIL that after WWII, Col. S. L. A. Marshal published a report that found only 15-20% of soldiers in combat fired to kill during the war, even if their lives were threatened. This prompted the US Army to switch from bulls-eye targets to sillouette targets to desensitize soldiers to killing
YpRDB TIL - It’s Illegal to Own Only One Guinea Pig in Switzerland. This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone.
X04d6 TIL The film ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ about a guy who got rich through financial fraud and crime was funded with money earned through financial fraud and crime.