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TIL Jet Li turned down a role in The Matrix Reloaded because Hollywood producers wanted to record and copy all of his martial arts moves into a digital library, with all rights going to them.

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AERg TIL that Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam” is possibly the biggest fuck you to Catholic church. Background figures and shapes portrayed behind the figure of God resemble the anatomical structure of human brain. Which signifies that human brain is behind the myth of creation.
j6BJE TIL the planet Venus has a "quasi-satellite" called 524522 Zoozve that looks like it orbits the planet but actually orbits the Sun. It's been co-orbital with Venus for the last 7,000 years but most likely will be ejected in 500 years
N7jNb TIL that Henry Tandy, the soldier who allegedly spared Adolf Hitler, went on to become the most decorated private soldier in WWI. During the 5th battle of Ypres, Tandy, who refused to kill unarmed men one of which, was supposedly Hitler, Received the Victorian Cross award.
O7RR TIL Philip A. Contos was a motorcyclist who died at an anti-helmet rally after he flipped over his handlebars and hit his head on the pavement
LByV TIL Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart Simpson) gave Scientology $10,000,000