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TIL That the original voice actor for Betty Boop and Olive Oyl (Margie Hines), died only 4 years ago at the age 101 years old. She also married the man who provided the voice of Popeye, so Olive Oyl and Popeye did eventually live together!

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rJY0 TIL that octopus mothers will sometimes eat their own arms to survive while protecting their eggs; they will not leave the nests before the eggs hatch even to find food.
kOyY4 TIL in a 2010 Japanese study of more than 95,000 cases of CPR, researchers found that only 8 percent of patients survived more than 1 month. Only about 3 percent could lead a mostly normal life. 3 percent were in a vegetative state, and 2 percent were alive but had a “poor outcome”.
N77oP Short answer: Yes, but they’re pretty much illegal
rNkx1 TIL: The last Ottoman Empire Prince lived in a rent-controlled apartment in New York.
kEQd TIL Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English channel in 1926, beating the previous time record by nearly two hours. The first person to greet Ederle as she came ashore on Kingsdown beach was a British immigration officer who requested to see her passport.