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TIL John Travolta, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray all turned down the role of Forrest Gump & Ice Cube and Dave Chappelle both turned down the role of Bubba.

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V6xk TIL the term “Bus Factor” - The number of people in a company who need to be ‘run over by a bus’ to send the company into such disarray that it would not be able to proceed.
4kdgo TIL in 1942, the British government bought ALL the black tea available on the european market, considering it essential for the morale of their troops in North Africa
W7d0B TIL that Edgar Allan Poe became a writer after a failed military career. He enlisted in the US Army in 1827. He failed as a cadet at West Point, and declared his intention to become a writer. His first works (a collection of poems) were written while in the Army
b64jN TIL that historically, syphilis was treated by infecting patients with malaria to induce fever. About 15% of patients died from malaria, but this was considered better than the near-certain death from syphilis.
5VWKD TIL that the English town of Washington, Tyne and Wear celebrates the Fourth of July as it's the ancestral home of the Washington family