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TIL Sony reportedly fired Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man and nearly replaced him with Jake Gyllenhaal because they suspected Tobey of faking an injury to negotiate bigger pay.

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Oo6aR TIL the record for most children born to one mother is 69, to the wife of Feodor Vassilyev (b. 1707–c.1782), a peasant from Shuya, Russia. In 27 labors, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.
Dolv TIL: IKEA uses a technique called ‘bulla bulla’ - a bunch of items are purposely jumbled in bins to create the impression of volume and, therefore, inexpensiveness
9YwvB TIL Quentin Tarantino owns an vintage cinema house in LA where he only shows his favourite films in 35mm film exclusively.
rNBM0 TIL that in WW1, the British Army would allow groups of friends to volunteer together and let them serve in the same units in return. As a result, casualties to these "Pals batallions" would wreak havoc to entire communities in Britain.
LQ5rm TIL the final battle of the Revolutionary War was fought in Cuddalore, India between Britain and France. The war had actually formally ended via treaty six months prior, but the news didn’t reach India until June 29, 1783 when a British ship showed up in the midst of the battle waving a white flag.