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TIL Michael Bolton from Office Space is also the voice of Dr. Wernstrom and Scruffy the Janitor on Futurama (and several other characters)

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8exbV TIL the Welsh celebrate Beaujolais Day, a toast to the first wine of the season made from the first harvest of grapes in the Beaujolais region of France.
R74Z8 TIL that women’s shirt buttons were on the left because they were meant to be buttoned by others (maids for wealthy women back then).
1aQ4D TIL that a mutation called "pseudomelanism" can make affected zebras to appear to be spotted instead of striped.
ZpAlo TIL in Canada, December 6th is known as White Ribbon Day. It is the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, in which armed student Marc Lépine murdered 14 female engineering students and injured 14 other people.
5LV9 TIL the Manchineel tree is considered one of the most poisonous tree in the world. It causes painful blisters if you stand under it during rain, blinds you if the smoke from its burned wood touches your eyes, can poison water with its leaves and will cause death if you eat its fruits.