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TIL Jim Carey auditioned for SNL three times but was never cast

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DQDyj TIL that in 1990 Rupert Murdoch tried to buy the Palace of the Parliament in Romania, the biggest administrative building in the world for 1 billion dollars, his bid was rejected
wL8LY TIL that of all the humans tested so far, everyone has contained the same DNA from 1 of at least 2 ancestors. Mitochondrial DNA being traced back matrilineally to a specific "mT-Eve," and a Y-chromosome being traced back patrilineally to a specific "Y-chromosomal Adam."
VMLAQ TIL that the last telegram sent in the United States was in 2006, while the last globally was in India, 2013.
Y7xJr TIL: the second longest fiction story ever written is about super smash brothers. Coming in at 4.1 million words
wo8O6 TIL The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres (597 feet)