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TIL Will Ferrell turned down $29 million to do a sequel to Elf. ‘It wasn’t difficult at all,’ he said. 'I remember asking myself: could I withstand the criticism when it’s bad and they say, “He did the sequel for the money”?

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N7dKe TIL tennis balls were traditionally black or white. They were changed to yellow in 1972 after research showed they were more visible on television.
QJlbk TIL MIT has genetically modified trees to glow in the dark in the hopes of creating a literally green source of light for the future.
Z4rY TIL that Poland didn’t border any of the countries that it does now in 1989, without changing its borders.
pYROp TIL about fuzzy wuzzy soap, a discontinued product that grew "fur" when exposed to air
JYDNk TIL: The block Michelangelo carved David out of posed several problems. Called “the Giant,” it had been quarried 40 years earlier and had started to weather from the elements. Worse, other sculptors had tried roughing out a basic shape but given up midway. The final sculpture thus befits its name.