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TIL that Mike Patton of the band Faith No More has the widest vocal range in popular music with a slightly larger than 6 Octave range.

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6nRl TIL film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg revived The Walt Disney Studios by producing some of their biggest hits: The Little Mermaid, The Lion King,etc. After he was denied a promotion, and was then abruptly fired,he swore revenge against Disney and founded DreamWorks Studios.
1y58 TIL A man ate 425 pennies containing over 1kg of Zinc and died due to gastrointestinal bacterial and fungal sepsis (infection).
kXRW TIL that the Honeyguide bird can guide African tribes to beehives after exchanging whistles with them. Once the humans have removed the honey, the bird can feed on the remaining beeswax and larvae
Lk6aV TIL that Bob Bergen, the actor who presently voices Porky Pig, has immense job security due to how difficult it is to nail the pig’s speech mannerisms. He had to study Mel Blanc’s speech patterns intensely to get the character just right.
dK58 TIL that Robin Williams ad-libbed so much of his role in Aladdin that the film was denied a nomination for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar