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TIL Korea crowd-sourced down payment to the IMF using private gold in the late 90s

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l7XYr TIL about Brachycephalus, the world's smallest vertebrate, a frog so small it could sit on the head of a pencil eraser. Their auditory systems have also shrunk: at least two species can't hear their own mating calls.
RDv6 TIL that the voice actress for Bubbles from “The Powerpuff Girls” has done 573 other credited voice roles, including Timmy Turner from “The Fairly OddParents”, Dil Pickles from “The Rugrats” and Omi from “Xiaolin Showdown”.
1axWP TIL that director William Friedkin first approached Audrey Hepburn for the role of Chris MacNeil in "The Exorcist" but she was only willing to take the role if it was shot in Rome, as she had recently moved to Italy. Also considered, ahead of Ellen Burstyn, were Anne Bancroft and Jane Fonda.
Me50b TIL the ship used in the filming of "In the Navy" by The Village People was sold to Turkey in 2002 and was sunk as a target ship in 2005.
VM6wk TIL that curling originated in Scotland