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TIL the original actress who voiced Alice in Alice in Wonderland reprised her role for Kingdom Hearts, 51 years after the movie’s original release.

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v1A5x TIL that Nebraska community college student Katy Ayers grew a canoe out of mushroom roots (mycelium) to prove fungi is a bio-friendly building material. It floats with two passengers, but when it gets wet it fruits (sprouts mushrooms). Katy plans to get a Ph.D. in mycology then help save the planet.
ZJlp TIL that 2003 was likely “the first time an automatic weapon had been fired in a crime in Britain.”
1aK94 TIL about Calcio Storico, a game played only in Florence. It's a mix of soccer, rugby and wrestling played in historical costume. Only three games are played per year, tactics such as head-butting, punching, elbowing, and choking are permitted and there's no such thing as a game without injuries.
MeJo7 TIL Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly has a gay son
4OJJ TIL that over the past 50 years, gun owners are responsible for over $2 billion in wildlife conservation in the United States by means of a 10% tax on guns and ammo.