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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger beat O.J. Simpson for the role of the Terminator because Simpson wasn't "menacing" enough to play a killer.

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8JbX TIL While filming Return of the Jedi, Harrison Ford advocated killing off his character, Han Solo, finding him boring. George Lucas denied his request, saying “dead Han toys” wouldn’t sell.
y1B8 TIL when Napoleon’s Marshall; Michel Ney was being sentenced to execution after Waterloo, Ney’s lawyer in his defense argued that Ney was now a Prussian and could not be tried by French laws, Ney interrupted him saying, “I am French and I will remain French”. Ney was later executed
Awd4 TIL of Operation Choke Point. The Justice Department unfairly targets Porn Companies, Gun Dealers, and other legal businesses it doesn’t like and pressures banks not to do business with them
W5oN TIL in 2009, KFC made an offer to cities in the US to fix their potholes for free as long as they could add “Re-Freshed by KFC” on top of it
QJEPL TIL you weigh measurably less when the moon is directly above you