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TIL - Al Pacino turned down the role of Han Solo in Star Wars. (Big listing of roles actors turned down)

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0dbEy TIL that the pseudo-historical Frankish king Clovis’ name is derived from the Germanic "Hlodowig" meaning "Famous Warrior", which in turn has descendants such as Louis and Ludwig
xVg67 TIL there is already an avenue for priests to marry in the Catholic Church: They have to be married before they enter the priesthood. This avenue is only available to Eastern Catholics though.
EgyGx TIL That in Norse mythology, Odin's eight legged horse "Sleipnir" was actually given birth by Loki , when he was trying to distract a certain fortress Builder's horse so that he couldn't finish his job on time and the gods didn't have to give the sun, the moon and the goddess Freyja to him.
9547 TIL the Prime Minister of New Zealand went to see a doctor and a vet to confirm that he is a regular human being and not a shape shifting lizard from space
OoaNR TIL about Grigori Perelman the mathematician who solved the Poincare Conjecture one of the 7-millennium problems and denied the million dollar prize money as well as the fields medal. Rest of the 6 still remain unsolved.