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TIL that Sean Connery was offered the role of Gandalf in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, and turned it down because he 'never understood the script', causing him to loose out on 450 million dollars

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OoDYa TIL Clone High, an adult animated tv series about the clones of famous historical figures going to high school, was cancelled due to its portrayal of Ghandi as a loose party animal, causing great controversy in India. It began hunger strikes and even a national protest where MPs got involved.
9aDm TIL that in 2013 Robert Downey Jr. beat out George Clooney in a bidding war for movie rights to Black Mirror (UK) episode ‘The Entire History of You’ because they loved it so much.
AaVd TIL time-travel, faster-than-light travel and “sliding between parallel worlds” are theoretically possible if there are multiple time dimensions.
M7VL7 TIL Human teeth are the only part of the body that cannot heal themselves. Teeth are coated in enamel which is not a living tissue.
Kw4G TIL that cats have scent glands on their face that release a pheromone when they rub onto us to say that they are ours, and we are theirs.