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TIL Selena originally couldn't speak Spanish and had to learn to sing her songs phonetically

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bb1p TIL: The role of Frodo in a 1981 bbc radio dramatization of LOTR was played by Ian Holm, who went on to appear as Bilbo in Peter Jackson’s films.
Y88A TIL that a self-filling water bottle is being developed that draws moisture from the air - up to three liters every hour. It works by mimicking the way a beetle survives in the African desert.
jLgM TIL that, on a pay-per-text plan, phone companies markup text messages by as much as 6,500% over their cost
Z8Zgp TIL There are still over 5 million Kurds who adhere to ancient Mithraic (Kurdish) religions. They are the last nation in the MidEast to still largely practice a non-Abrahamic faith. Mithraism was popular among Roman Legions and the mystery religion has its roots in Kurdish regions of the MidEast.
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