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TIL Adam West, Clint Eastwood, and Burt Reynolds were all offered the role of James Bond, and all declined, believing James Bond should always be played by a Brit.

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w9NW TIL when puppies play, young boy dogs often let the girls win, so as to entice the females to play with them.
mxayo TIL there was a country called United States of Central America, formed by El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras. That country was formed in August 1898 and dissolved in November of that year,
ANWLa TIL: Aaron Burr head a conspiracy to secede from the Union in the early 18th century. In the final months he would be outed by general Wilkinson who was a Co-conspirator with a history of treason.
bVmN TIL of UVB-76, a mysterious Russian radio signal that has been transmitting continuously since 1982. Nobody knows who makes the signal, only that it is located near Moscow, makes a buzzing sound 25 times a minute, and every few years will broadcast a string of random names and numbers.
47Vg TIL that when South Park did an episode on Tourettes, the Tourettes Association said they expected it to be offensive. After broadcast, they conceded there was “a surprising amount of accurate information conveyed”, adding that the episode “served as a clever device” for providing accurate facts.