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TIL Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix because he was unsure about the ambitious special effects. Nicholas Cage, Val Kilmer, and Brad Pitt also turned down the role. The Wachowski’s wanted Johnny Depp but the studio pushed for Keanu Reeves.

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16MB8 TIL Chuck Berry was incarcerated for more than a year at Springfield's federal prison. He used his time behind bars to study business and wrote several songs including "Nadine" and “No Particular Place to Go”
KAQJ TIL Science fiction author Orson Scott Card called Serenity “the best science fiction film ever”, further stating “If Ender’s Game can’t be this kind of movie, and this good a movie, then I want it never to be made. I’d rather just watch Serenity again.”
7rLLX TIL our calendar skipped 11 days in September of 1752.
QJn9X TIL that William Burroughs’ book “Naked Lunch” was written while high. (And banned under US obscenity laws)
ner4W TIL Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has trained with a former Special Forces Army reservist twice a week since 1999 after being diagnosed with colon cancer. She was able to complete 20 full push-ups in a session before her 80th birthday.