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TIL Richard Nixon’s head in Futurama makes the “Aroo” noise because Nixon reminded the voice actor of a werewolf.

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b9na0 TIL: When David Levy was born in Morocco with the rare congenital condition of aposthia- having no foreskin- the local rabbis prophesied he’d be the leader of the Jewish people. He ended up serving three terms as deputy prime minister of Israel.
DN5p TIL The Rubble Club exists and its membership is only for architects who have had buildings built and then demolished during their lifetime
Br0Md TIL Diabetes UK, one of the major UK diabetes charities, was founded by science fiction writer HG Wells.
0vAL TIL Finnur Magnusson identified cracks in a rock as Runes and stated that they made up an epic poem about Harald Wartooth, for victory against the Swedish king Sigurd Ring at the Battle of Brávellir. Turns out he was 100% wrong, they were just naturally formed cracks and he looked quite the fool.
naW9 TIL that Martin Lawrence is still banned from SNL almost 20 years later - here’s the monologue transcript.