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TIL Thurl Ravenscroft (voice of Tony the Tiger) is also the original vocalist for "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch"

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kDWg TIL the Simpsons’ “Bart Gets an Elephant” is based on an episode of “The Price is Right”. An elephant was offered as a “bonus prize” as a joke. The real prize was $4,000 but the contestant wanted the elephant . The contestant got his wish & a live elephant from Kenya was delivered to him.
6EROX TIL there exists a Little Nipple Cactus, and its scientific name is Mammillaria heyderi
X048j TIL the decorative post at the bottom of a set of stairs is called the Newel Post
x6BZb TIL David Attenborough, as a young TV producer, was instrumental in tennis balls being the colour they are today.
rRNg4 TIL that during the My Lai massacre, which resulted in more than three hundred Vietnamese civilian casualties by the American forces, there were three soldiers that tried to halt the attack and save women and children. The three were denounced as traitors by some of the Congressmen.