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TIL the sound the velociraptors used to communicate in Jurassic Park (1993) was actually the sound of tortoises mating.

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9yDQ TIL Ichiro Suzuki learned Spanish throughout his career in order to talk trash to the Latin players.
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PYbew TIL of Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights leader and advisor to MLK who singlehandedly shaped his non-violent protest methods. He was forced to resign to protect the movement when a congressman threatened to fabricate a story of an affair between him and King to dissuade protests in his district.
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