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TIL Ronald Reagan was turned down for a role in the Broadway play “The Best Man” because the playwright didn’t think Reagan could play a credible president

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4Xk9o TIL that during apartheid, the South African Chemical & Biological weapons program differed in its aims from the programs of many countries in that a major focus of the South African program was to develop non-lethal agents to help suppress internal dissent.