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ejLL TIL that since 1959 there has been an ongoing Russian experiment to domesticate foxes
aXQM TIL that The Shawshank Redemption’s director and writer, Frank Darabont, was offered $2.5 million from Rob Reiner to let him write and direct it instead, and cast Tom Cruise as Andy and Harrison Ford as Red. Darabont refused, saying that this was his “chance to do something really great.”
xVPK7 TIL Scorpion venom is the most expensive liquid on the planet, priced at $39 million a gallon
Z8bXR TIL that the main cop in Chamillionaire’s Ridin Dirty was played by Tom “Tiny” Lister, the same man who played Zeus in “No Holds Barred” (The Hulk Hogan Movie) and Deebo from “Friday”. At his peak, he was 6’5 and 305 lbs, being able to bench press 575 lbs
b8BN TIL German film director, Werner Herzog, was once shot during a televised interview, but chose not to call the police because it was not a “serious bullet.”