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TIL the lead role in "Edward Scissorhands" was originally offered to Tom Cruise, but he wanted a happier ending and declined. And before given to Johnny Depp - Tom Hanks, Gary Oldman, Jim Carrey, John Cusack, William Hurt, Robert Downy Jr., and Michael Jackson had all been offered and/or considered.

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J1vQv TIL the well known animated music video for Daft Punk’s Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger is one segment of a 65 minute animated film set to their album, Discovery.
9Y166 TIL Mongolians were afraid of Lightning. And they thought eating animals that were killed by lighting had bad JUJU
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lopbV TIL that Brazilian soccer players play so well because of the increased touches during Futsal, therefor practicing more, resulting in becoming a better soccer player
Lkd4Q TIL critics who had said that piano recordings by Matsuzawa were some of the worst ever, went on to say that those by Joyce Hatto were some of the best ever, even though they were in fact the very same tapes.