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TIL there is a genetic disorder many people have with something called Lipoprotein (a), and it puts people at high risk of heart disease, heart attack, stroke, and aortic stenosis. It’s 100% genetic, can’t be corrected, and can only be treated with aggressive cholesterol control.

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0661 TIL that the role of Captain Jack Sparrow was initially offered to Jim Carrey but he turned it down for Bruce Almighty.
ngxb TIL that “fundamentalist preachers” asked Fred Rogers to denounce homosexuality. In response, Mr. Rogers would pat the target on the shoulder and say, “God loves you just as you are.” Rogers also belonged to a “More Light” congregation of the Presbyterian Church dedicated to welcoming LGBT citizens.
XmkR TIL There’s a small sculpture on the moon named “Fallen Astronaut”. Made by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck and placed by the crew of Apollo 15 in 1971. It is the only sculpture on the moon, yet it remains relatively unknown.
E7rd TIL CNN’s founder Ted Turner, at the launch of the channel in 1980, promised: “We won’t be signing off until the world ends. … We’ll be … covering it live. … [And] when the end of the world comes, we’ll play ‘Nearer My God to Thee’ before we sign off.”
awEmN TIL Laurence Fishbourne was 14 when shooting began for Apocalypse Now, even though he lied and said he was 16. The movie took so long to film he was 17 by the time it wrapped, the actual age of his character. The whole experience is reminiscent of the many underaged boys who enlisted in Vietnam