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TIL the world's tallest man (Bao Xishun, 7' 9") once saved the lives of two dolphins by reaching into their stomachs to remove plastic shards.

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N7KLM TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien considered a sequel to the LOTR trilogy called The New Shadow. Set 100 years later during the Age of Man, he quickly abandoned the idea because “it proved both sinister and depressing.”
QJgRL TIL in 2011 Joe Pesci gained 30 pounds in preparation for the role of mobster Angelo Ruggiero, only to have the role go to someone else. He sued the production company.
GYAw5 TIL: The NHS in the UK had only one man registered as a rectal teaching assistant, offering his anus to be examined by trainee doctors. TIAL: He has lost his job to a robot anus.
GwaN TIL Winston Churchill found so much enjoyment and relaxation in laying bricks he even joined and paid dues in the Bricklayer’s Union. He even inquired in a letter “is there is a rule regulating the number of bricks which a man may lay a day?…and what are the restrictions on overtime?”