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TIL Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar from Rugrats

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XEJg6 TIL there is a secret, invite only, club inside Disneyland called Club 33
WkLod TIL about Guy Tyler, who made hundreds of audio recordings of Native American languages. They provide an archive of languages in danger of being lost to erasure of native culture, as well as helped protect the sacred site at Ward Valley from becoming a nuclear waste dump [link to audio in comments].
gMPLX TIL before becoming President of Nauru, Marcus Stephen was at one time his country’s only weightlifter, but went on to win 7 gold and 5 silver medals at the Commonwealth Games (Olympics style event held for former British colonies)