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TIL Vladimir Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent

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n18P TIL during the filming of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford was suffering from dysentery, which resulted in frequent bathroom trips. This lead to the fight scene between him and the Arabian swordsman ending in the single gun shot so he could finish the scene and return to the bathroom.
ePRb TIL that the Inuit saved the bladder of the animals they killed because they believed the soul lived inside. They returned the bladder to the ocean so that the animal could get a new body and hopefully allow itself to be hunted again.
8e6r4 TIL most fossil fuels aren't made of dead dinosaurs, but are actually far older than dinosaurs.
E4bW TIL as of 2011 the Catholic Church operates the world’s largest non-governmental school system
OGkYL TIL about Nzou, an elephant that's been the matriarch of a buffalo herd for over 40 years. She has been challenged at least 14 times for the leadership of the herd.