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TIL the boy who voiced Bambi grew up to become the youngest drill instructor in Marines history

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epmb TIL Benjamin Franklin gave up vegetarianism because when he sliced open a fish, he saw smaller fish inside, reasoning that if animals eat other animals, humans should be able to eat other animals.
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