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TIL Tom Hanks’ 2 closest companions are both named Wilson.

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kmyg TIL the original voice for Siri was a woman named Susan Bennett. She was paid hourly to record nonsense phrases for a third party company, and only later learned that she had provided Apple with “all of the sounds of the English language”, which they could then formed into any response.
GAx9J TIL On Feb 22 2020, David Ayers (42 yr old) was the winning goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes against the Toronto Mapleleafs. He was a maintainence manager and Zamboni driver for a minor league team. He was asked to fill in for the starting and backup goalies who were injured.
rNnv0 TIL that the crew of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood rarely talked to Fred off set and "mercilessly made fun of him behind his back". Some of the crew would also go into the studio before shows when Fred was rehearsing with the puppets, in order to ask his puppets for advice, which Fred gave them.
OGowe TIL the stoplight parrotfish changes both gender and coloring at different stages of their life by controlling their own hormones.
MY6V TIL Ringo Starr, George Carlin, Alec Baldwin and Pierce Brosnan have all narrated Thomas the Tank Engine.