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TIL that hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs.

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Wk5Y8 TIL not only was Sterling Holloway Jr. the voice actor of the snake Kaa in the 1967 “The Jungle Book” and the Cheshire Cat in the 1951 “Alice in Wonderland”, but most famously he was the original voice of Pooh from “Winnie the Pooh”.
d8eO9 TIL that the Somali Pirates had their own stock exchange. Local were encouraged to invest in one of 72 'Maritime Companies', giving weapons, money, or even boats. If the crew that got the weapons successfully attacked a ship and made money, the investor would get a portion of the loot.
nW0B TIL that in Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t want to say the line “I’ll be back,” as he thought it sounded too feminine
0d7py TIL about the Vipeholm experiments, a series of human experiments where patients of Vipeholm Hospital for the intellectually disabled in Lund, Sweden, were fed large amounts of sweets, including "extra sticky toffee" to provoke dental caries.
R7NJj TIL Completely normal hens lay eggs with red yolks if you feed them Paprika or other feed containing Red Carotenoids.