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TIL Eddy Murphy, John Candy, and John Belushi were originally supposed to play the main roles in Ghostbusters but Murphy and Candy declined the roles and Belushi died before the script was finished.

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1akBD TIL most tobacco products contain radioactive material in the final product.
Br4dD TIL that the Hooded Pitohui is one of the first known poisonous birds. Their feathers give off a neurotoxin (homobatrachotoxin) which causes numbness and has previously only been found in the skin of poison dart frogs. It inhabits the rainforests and tropical jungles of New Guinea.
lJbN TIL that the reason the 1918 Flu Epidemic is called The Spanish Flu is because Spain was one of the few countries where the government didn’t censor the actual death tolls. This made people think Spain had been hit especially hard.
p89Qp TIL that in 2015, a journalist wanted to prove that the media will be quick to grab on any scientific claims to make news. He fabricated a study that claims chocolate helps in weight loss, got it published, then released it. He succeeded, fooling 20 countries.
5YjaB TIL that the first science fiction convention was held over 100 years ago. Like many that came after it featured cosplay and panels and was a disastrous financial failure.