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TIL that Roxie Roker (Helen on "The Jeffersons") is Lenny Kravitz's mother

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GYmwG TIL That for thousands of years the The Bajau people of Southeast Asia have engaged in breath-hold diving, causing them to evolve large spleens. The larger reservoir of oxygenated red blood cells has helped them to become some of the world’s best free divers.
J17B1 TIL Portugal didn't dub any feature film in European Portuguese until 1994, when The Lion King came out. Pre-1994 movies were dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese because of a lack of interest from Portuguese companies and the high quality dubbings already made by Brazilians.
gM9Z8 TIL Marlon Wayans was cast as Robin in the 1992 film "Batman Returns" and still receives income from the film despite his character getting cut from the script
nmj9 TIL that Tigers and a type of African Jackal (Dhole) have a relationship where a lone jackal will trail a tiger, eating the large cat’s kills. The dhol will also warn nearby dhols of the tiger’s presence, in exchange for also alerting tigers to nearby kills. Tigers have trained hunting dogs.
4ka5R TIL There's a supercar vending machine in Singapore that dispenses Ferraris and Lamborghinis