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TIL that Shrek was initially recorded in Mike Myers Canadian voice. Per his Vanity Fair video, he asked if he could do Shrek in a Scottish accent. They turned him down. They liked what they had already. He asked for one chance. They gave him the opportunity.

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wopvW TIL of Vichy collaborator Maurice Papon, who deported 1600 Jews to Drancy camp in WW2. He also tortured Algerian insurgents and killed up to 300 protesters in Paris in 1961, disappeared a Moroccan Marxist, and was granted the Legion of Honour by Charles de Gaulle. He was not convicted until 1998.
0KeN TIL a 2013 survey showed 91% of Chinese people in support of a nationwide ban on the trade in shark fins, largely as a result of campaigning by ex-NBA player Yao Ming.
QWad TIL in 2007 Joshua Bell pretended to be a street violinist and everyone ignored him. Just two days earlier he played in a sold out theater with each seat costing $100. The violin he used on the street was worth $3.5 Million dollars.
d85YB TIL how to perform the Heimlich manouver on yourself... Because you deserve to live.
mxbwM TIL Forest fires are essential for continuation of giant California Sequoia trees: Seeds will break open during intense heat