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TIL: that Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Jason Patric, Keanu Reeves and John Travolta were considered for the role of Jim Morrison in the movie “The Doors” - Travolta was so popular with the original band that they even considered putting the band back together with Travolta on vocals.

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LQk0Z TIL that when Willie Fulgear found 52 stolen Oscars right before the 2000 Oscars ceremony, he was rewarded with $50,000 and a seat at the award show. But soon after, the police targeted and harassed him, and the money he won was stolen as well.
lo6xV TIL in 2017, a 17-year-old YouTube star insulted a notorious Mexican drug lord. Few days later, four men armed with “long weapons” stormed into a bar and opened fire at a table where the Youtuber was sitting and executed the teen, riddling him with 15 bullets.
oXrA TIL In ancient Greece to throw an apple at someone was to symbolically declare one’s love; and similarly, to catch it was to symbolically show one’s acceptance of that love.
mxyVv TIL that when actress Natascha McElhone's husband suddenly died, she continued to write letters to him. Most of the letters simply described the minutiae of daily life, but some expressed her and their children's loss. She compiled all the letters into a book.
JYDVj TIL that half of all US food produce is thrown away (left in the field to rot, fed to livestock or hauled directly from the field to landfill) because of unrealistic and unyielding "cosmetic food" standards!