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TIL Leonardo DiCaprio was originally first choice to play Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds

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mrdo TIL that in 1867, when a San Francisco policeman wanted to involuntarily commit an insane but harmless man who declared himself emperor, the police chief refused, saying “that he had shed no blood; robbed no one; and despoiled no country; which is more than can be said of his fellows in that line.”
LQMEP TIL In Wales there is a grave of a Preacher (Christmas Evans) who died in 1838 and according to local lore if you kiss the headstone it brings you good luck
AP1w TIL James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other, at the same time.
ylAe TIL that Starbucks uses round tables in order to make lone coffee drinkers feel less lonely since there “wouldn’t be empty seats” at a round table.
e01Rn TIL a mother realized that her twin boys had two different fathers. Following a DNA test, the couple learned that the babies were actually from two different fathers and the mother then revealed she had a previous one-night stand, Vice reported.