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TIL Burt Reynolds turned down the movie terms of endearment for Stroker Ace which was a critically failure. Jack Nicholson won an Oscar for the role Reynolds turned down

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4oA6 TIL of a condition opposite of Paranoia called Pronoia causing the suspicion that everyone is conspiring to help you.
oBM8W Til about “King” Jadwiga of Poland. She was named king of Poland because there were no ruling queens allowed but the rules didnt specify the king had to be a male.
d59Z TIL the opposite of “ambidextrous” is “ambisinister - to be clumsy with both hands.”
mx6Gx TIL that Hatshepsut dressed as a king, even wearing a false beard as a way of asserting her authority.
R71R7 TIL it's mandatory for school children to use fountain pen in Germany