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TIL Mark Hamill voiced the pirate Captain Stickybeard in Codename: Kids Next Door, the ruler of the Fire Nation Fire Lord Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender, the evil Skeleton King in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, multiple roles in Metalocalypse and the groundskeeper Skips in Regular Show.

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Vj0p TIL during the 1950s and 1960s alone, the US government and military conducted experiments that included spraying sailors with sarin gas, releasing bacteria on the city of San Francisco, and feeding radioactive oatmeal to handicapped children.
KOGEQ TIL that the sculptor of Mount Rushmore intended to include, near the presidents, a written history of the United States. Called "The Entablature", it was to have shown contributions by Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln to the first 150 years of American History.
A1Zo TIL in 1981, the Brazilian dictatorship planned an attack to an event attended by 20k people. The 2 soldiers that carried the attack made a mistake and ended up blowing the bomb on themselves (1 dead, 1 injured). The attack was planned to convince the country that left-wing guerrilas were a threat.
xK5g TIL that executive Fred Thorlin, who while working with Bill Gates introduced a game to him, beat Bill 35 out of 37 times. When they met again a month later, Gates won or tied every game. “He had studied the game until he solved it. That is a competitor.”
awLMo TIL, Alexander Dumas (The Three Musketeers) won his first duel, even though his pants fell down.