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TIL in 2000 Glenn Danzig was asked to audition for the role of Wolverine in the original X-Men film, but declined. The role then went to Hugh Jackman.

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yQdkV TIL that both humans and domestic dogs elicit a dramatic increase of oxytocin, the bonding hormone, from the other when staring into each other's eyes. Similar to a human mother and her infant.
p8lAN TIL in the "The Famous Five" books, published in 1942, there is a 11-year-old character named Georgina who is a tomboy and demands that people call her "George". She often gets cross when anyone calls her by her real name and loves it when somebody mistakes her for a boy.
rRxeo TIL that the age of clog didn't only introduce "clog dancing", but also the illegal "clog fighting" or "purring". In this fighting, men would wear clogs on their feet and violently kick each other, while otherwise being entirely naked! This would be to try and settle disagreements once and for all.
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Oonle TIL New Caledonian crows create their own hooks to pull out insects from hard to reach crevices. They are the only non-primate that manufacture their own tools.