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TIL Vin Diesel Is the voice of the Iron Giant

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e0Ydg TIL: The USS Wisconsin took a direct hit from N Korean 155mm guns with little damage. The crew then returned fire with all nine of her 16 inch guns totally obliterating anything in the position the hostile shots came from. After the shots were fired, a sister ship signaled them "Temper, Temper"
5blk TIL that NBC’s ‘The Office’ made the city it was set in more popular. Scranton, Pennsylvania promoted its association with the show, erecting Dunder Mifflin Paper logos around the city. Scranton became a tourist attraction for the show, holding fan conventions.
VxRB TIL that Mexicans have the highest average annual hours worked in the world
Lk7ev TIL that a park ranger on Rinca Island was attacked by a Komodo dragon in his own office after a cleaner had left the door open the night before. The dragon was hiding under his desk when he sat down. The smell of blood attracted more outside. The ranger was taken to the hospital and recovered.
jNRBv TIL over the course of its 20 years on Nickelodeon, The Fairly OddParents has been cancelled five times