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TIL Will Ferrell turned down $29 million for an Elf sequel. Which is 15 years old btw!

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BrkdL TIL in 1965, the Pope and the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople lifted a reciprocal excommunication that had been in place since 1054
E1wnd TIL that geysers are quite rare natural phenomena on Earth, and apart from the famous Yellowstone National Park, the United States also once had 2 more significant geyser fields in Nevada that were each destroyed by geothermal electricity companies in the 1960s and 80s.
5gPP TIL that after water, concrete is the most used substance in the world.
M818 TIL the “TTC Sleeper”, a Toronto transit employee who was caught sleeping on the job and was mocked in countless memes, died 10 months later due to health issues that caused him to fall asleep on the job.
WkjGX TIL that when a horse becomes pregnant with twins, the standard practice is to abort one by a vet crushing the embryo.