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TIL Will Smith turned down playing Neo(The Matrix) to make the wild wild west.

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rRkQx TIL Juan Luis Trescastro allegedly shot Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca in the ass for being gay during Spanish Civil War.
kVD4 TIL that the government of Denmark recreated it’s entire nation, block-for-block, in Minecraft to help kids get excited about geography. Only to have hackers dynamite the towns and erect American flags over the rubble.
BQZL TIL a hockey player was traded for 1$ in 1993, he went on to win four Stanely Cups
GYBRJ TIL that Jimmy Carter, the ex-US President who builds homes for Habitat for Humanity, qualified to command submarines and had a sub named after him (instead of the more traditional aircraft carrier).
R7xQ8 TIL River and Joaquin Phoenix spent a significant portion of their childhood in a sex cult known as Children of God and later, The Family International.