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TIL for "The Notebook "(2004), Director Nick Cassavetes Cassavetes wanted someone unknown and "not handsome" to portray Noah; he chose Ryan Gosling for the role. Hayden Christensen was also originally considered for the role.

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D1L8j TIL - During the Great Depression when millions of Americans were going hungry, the U.S. government bought and destroyed 6.4 million pigs.
D1yGY TIL That the Arctic Tern fly over 18,000 miles every year in their quest for eternal sunlight. Thanks to their light weight they can glide for extended periods of time on the ocean even sleeping and eating while gliding.
Na9E TIL that the charity organization “Fuck for Forest” runs the only porn site specifically created to raise money for a cause (in FFFs case: fighting deforestation)
xVXGD TIL separate bathrooms for women emerged only in the late 1800s, under the assumption that women were inherently weaker and therefore needed protective, home-like havens in their workplace.
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