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TIL that the voice of Grover and Yoda are the same guy. Frank OZ

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vVnr TIL an 11 year old boy led the Hawaiian scholar Hiram Bingham to “discover” Machu Picchu about 100 years ago.
d8l8 TIL Rep. Joe Barton (R–Texas) is against wind energy because “wind is God’s way of balancing heat,” and fears that wind turbines will slow down the wind thus heating up the earth. He also claims wind is a “finite resource.”
DQLLY TIL German composer Richard Strauss completed roughly 140 compositions between the ages of 6 and 16, including almost 60 songs & more than 40 piano works.
JYlv4 TIL Canada officially became a multicultural society in 1971 when the government began to recognize the value and dignity of Canadians of all races and ethnic groups, all languages and all religions
Z8Lj4 TIL About a Canadian drink called the sour toe. It consists of a mummified human toe at the bottom of a whiskey shot. People donate their toes for the tradition