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TIL Robin Williams improv was so good in FernGully the director tripled his character’s screen time for the final cut.

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VBVg0 TIL there's a city in Alaska called "Unalaska". It comes from the Unangan term "Ounalashka" which means "near the peninsula".
Y7Kk7 TIL about Thiaroye massacre where hundreds of African soldiers who helped defeat the Nazis in 1944 were shot to death by the French Army because they rightfully asked for their salary.
9Y8k6 TIL about Neil Harbisson, a man with Achromatopsia (total colorblindness) who understands color with an antenna implanted in his skull that sends vibrations to his inner ear. He's also the first person to be recognized as a cyborg by the government
XEOOQ TIL Manatees regulate their buoyancy by storing and releasing farts
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