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TIL Mark Hamill only read for the role of Luke Skywalker after a recommendation from his close friend Robert Englund (Freddie Krueger)

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neJZW TIL that a Danish man saved over 6000 chinese people from the japanese army during the Nanking Massacre.
Q116 TIL that in 1945 a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast. His name was Tsutomu Yamaguchi and he is the only person recognized by Japan’s govt. to have survived both attacks.
Exww TIL. Ryan Gosling was asked to audition to be part of the Backstreet Boys but didn’t and chose to pursue acting instead.
PYAPe TIL that British and American commanders ensured the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944 was a "Whites Only" victory. Most of Charles De Gaulle's Free French Army were African colonial soldiers who fought valiantly to liberate Paris but were stripped of uniform, sent home and denied pensions.
oRm0Y TIL That during Napoleon's autopsy, the doctor cut off his penis and gave it to his chaplain who brought it home to Corsica where it remained until 1916. Since then it has changed ownership several times and is currently owned by John K Lattimer's daughter who has been offered at least $100k for it.