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TIL: Swordfish can heat up their eyes in order to hunt better

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b9Jpa TIL that Don Rickles passed away before he was able to record any dialogue for Toy Story 4. Rather than replacing him, Disney reviewed 25 years of material from the first three films, video games, and other media; they were able to assemble enough dialogue to cover the entire film.
YpAn7 TIL A synthesizer repairman accidentally had a 9-hour acid trip after picking at a crystalline structure on an old sythesizer from the 60s which turned out to be LSD. A LSD researcher explained that LSD can remain potent for decades and be absorbed through the skin.
rNM4x TIL that Robert De Niro originally auditioned for the role of Sonny in The Godfather, but lost the part to James Caan. De Niro later went on to win an Oscar for playing young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II.
yVyye TIL that the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada was established in 1979 after the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement overthrew the previous Grenadian administration. Grenada was still a commonwealth realm during this time, making it a socialist state with Elizabeth II as its monarch.
jNlnR TIL Carousels were first invented for training knights in jousting with wooden horses and try to hit targets as they spin