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TIL when Futurama has Stephen Hawking as a character they do not simulate his voice but actually ask him to voice act

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b9eEN TIL: There is a species of jellyfish whose sting inflicts the victim with an impending sense of doom. The sensatation of constant imminent dread is reportedly so severe, patients beg their doctors to kill them to end it.
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