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TIL: Video game voice actors aren't always told which game they're working on

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ADQk4 TIL Bernard Moitessier was about to set a record for the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe when he decided instead to continue on to Tahiti "because he was happy at sea."
4XKg5 TIL that the "Where do we go now?" ending to Guns N Roses 'Sweet Child O' Mine' was born from the band not knowing how to finish that part of the song.
P5Yn TIL: Margaret Anne Cargill was a philanthropist born into one of the wealthiest families in the world. She gave away more than $200M during her life, always anonymously, and provided that after her death all her wealth go to charity. In 2011 her assets were liquidated, resulting in a $6B donation.
Q9ra TIL Bruce Lee left Hong Kong for Seattle in 1958 with nothing but $100 in his pocket. He gave cha cha lessons to first-class passengers to earn extra money during the ship ride to US.
Yp56d TIL Kodak color film was originally calibrated for white skin and only changed after furniture makers complained the photos didn't accurately reflect the color of their wood products. (racial bias in photography)