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TIL that Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Mr. Wednesday on the Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "American Gods." (It went to Ian McShane.)

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grw09 TIL that there was a planned sequel to the Rocky Horror Picture Show named "Revenge of the Old Queen". The script was written and the opening song recorded, but it wasnever filmed.
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DQQP TIL that due to the high ratio of atmospheric density to surface gravity on Saturn’s moon Titan, humans could fly by simply strapping on a pair of wings.
ANaJg TIL that when epidemiologist Tamara Safonova and virologist Alexandra Sheboldaeva discovered Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in 1937, they were accused of spreading the virus themselves and sentenced to 18 years in Soviet labor camps.
rNdko TIL that Groucho Marx had several “last words” before his death. Some had thought it was “either I’m dead or my watch has stopped,” whilst others believed it to be “die, my dear? why that’s the last thing I’ll do!” His actual last words were “this is no way to live.”