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TIL that Carl Weathers landed the part of Apollo Creed after reading scenes with Rocky writer Sylvester Stallone. He wrapped up his audition by saying (about Stallone) "I could do a lot better if you got me a real actor to work with."

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ONaX TIL handshakes were originally meant to confirm you had no weapons in your hands or up your sleeves (hence the shaking motion to jiggle them out)
9wre7 TIL these days. Today I learned the letter B comes after A
9YydM TIL almost 20 years after the attacks experts are still working to identify remains of 9/11 victims
78DMr TIL: In the United Kingdom, Poland, Hungary, and the Netherlands, cassette data storage was so popular in the 80s that some radio stations would broadcast computer programs that listeners could record onto cassette and then load into their computer.
4XPgR TIL of Brian Moran, 31, a minor league pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2019, in his major league debut, Moran pitched a scoreless inning. He struck out one batter, his brother, Colin Moran.