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TIL J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Spider-Man trilogy) is the voice of the yellow m&m.

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8nJ4 TIL that Ted Kennedy was reluctant to run for the US presidency after his brothers John and Bobby were assassinated because, he said, “They’re going to shoot my ass off”.
0wrKR TIL that the condom-based toilets used by male NASA astronauts to pee came in three sizes: "small", "medium", "large". After some leaking events, the sizes were informally changed to "extra large", "immense" and "unbelievable".
l7vA5 TIL that Magnus Carlsen intentionally plays non-book "inaccuracies" during opening (moves he knows aren't the best), in order to force the game into a non-book position, so his opponents will have to think for themselves instead of going by memorized opening theory.
W79wY TIL During the Nigerian Civil War in the late 1960s, Norwegian government sent Stockfish (dried preserved cod fish) as food aid. Stockfish ended up becoming a Nigerian staple. Now, almost all of the Stockfish produced in Norway is exported to Nigeria.
9e8m TIL Helen Keller was a radical socialist. After she expressed her socialist beliefs, news columnists who had once praised her then dismissed her stances based on her disabilities.