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TIL that Bob Odenkirk, best known for playing Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad, was originally cast to play Michael Scott from the Office, but last minute schedule changes resulted with Steve Carell getting the role

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W8Wd TIL when the 1979 film The China Syndrome, about a coverup at a nuclear plant, was released, it was denounced as a ‘character assassination of an entire industry’. 12 days later, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred.
mepv TIL Cicadas are the only known creature that can kill bacteria on contact via nothing more than nanostructure
PY45e TIL the Norwegian "Line Aquavit" is still to this day sent by boat to Australia and back before it gets bottled and sold
pYYEN TIL that any object moving through water, no matter the speed or shape, creates a "Kelvin Wake" that is angled at precisely 19.47 degrees with respect to the direction of motion.
991D TIL: Red pandas are not related to giant pandas, they are in their own family with no living relatives.