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TIL the only actors who have turned down Quentin Tarantino twice are Sylvester Stallone & Mickey Rourke. Stallone turned down Robert DeNiro's role in Jackie Brown & Kurt Russell's role in Death Proof. Rourke also turned down Russell's role in Death Proof, as well as Bruce Willis role in Pulp Fiction

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8LQ8 TIL the first recording of the spoken word “Fuck” was made in 1885.
oReAW TIL Pablo Picasso full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
Z8wW4 TIL when The South's Gonna Do It Again by Charlie Daniels Band, a song about Southern rock, was used by the KKK, Daniels said "I'm damn proud of the South, but I sure as hell am not proud of the Ku Klux Klan. [..] It was not written to promote hate groups."
NVp8 TIL there was a project that challenged people to make a “Earth Sandwich” by placing pieces of bread in antipodal fashion on the earth (completely opposite of each other on the planet) For the first one, a baguette was placed in Spain, and another in New Zealand.
Zpyap TIL During El Nino events there is less planetary angular momentum and days are slightly longer due to the mass of the atmosphere.