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TIL Michael Fassbender had to choose between the roles of the Lizard in “The Amazing Spider-Man” and Magneto in “X-men: First Class”

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Bg4r TIL in 2002 a man tried to make a smiley face across the United States by rigging pipe bombs in mailboxes across the country
5jYn TIL that driving while drunk destroyed the Soviet spy network in the UK. After being arrested in London in 1971, Oleg Lyalin panicked and offered the names of every Russian spy. The UK government expelled 105 people from the country, and the USSR network in Britain “never recovered”.
BrbWy Til that despite being advised to join the NBA after one year in college, Tim Duncan decided to stay in school for 3 more years because he had promised his mother, on her deathbed, that he would get his college degree. The move paid off, as he got drafted by the Spurs & won 5 championships with them
e85L TIL The film Roar (1981) is considered the most dangerous film shoot in history. Over 70 crew members who worked with the predatory animals suffered injuries like bone fractures, scalpings and gangrene.
VaKp TIL that, during the 1994 San Marino GP, Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger lost his life after a crash. On the very next day, world champion Ayrton Senna died on the same track. Among the wreckage of Senna’s car was an Austrian flag which he intended to raise after the race to honor Ratzenberger.