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TIL Tom Hanks agreed to play Mario in the the ‘now infamous’ live action movie “Super Mario Bros”. However, studio executives turned him down because they were worried he couldn’t handle the film’s more dramatic elements. (Clip starts at 4:26)

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0wG4y TIL about Andy George who spent $1,500 and 6 months making a single sandwich completely from scratch. He did absolutely everything from making his own cheese to harvesting his own wheat. He made his own salt and made his own oil. He grew sunflowers and collected their seeds to extract fat.
4Wab TIL - Tim Burton was reportedly uncomfortable with casting Christopher Walken as Max Shreck in Batman Returns. When the casting director asked him why he said, “Because that man scares the hell out of me.”
oBRbr TIL that ICE-T has never drank liquor or done any drugs because by being an orphan he felt if he ever got addicted or got into trouble with drugs or alcohol he wouldn't have any family to help him.
GYoaG TIL that Pringles qualified as crisps/potato chips under a ruling of a British Court despite being 42% potatoes
Wkdp4 TIL that the British government built a 1,100 mile long Great Hedge of India to enforce a salt tax in Northern India but failed horribly since people started throwing salt over the hedge