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TIL Christopher Nolan turned down an offer to direct Troy, instead opting to direct The Dark Knight Trilogy

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nAvd TIL Steve Wozniak went to a juvenile detention center for a day for building a fake bomb in high school. he spent the night teaching prisoners how to disconnect wires from fans and connect them to the bars, so people get shocked when they touch them.
PYB7g TIL: Roller coasters were invented to distract American people from immorality of taverns, gambling and dancing halls, and brothels
mPYx TIL that Botox is the most poisonous substance known to man. A couple of teaspoons would be enough to kill everyone in the UK. A couple of kilos would kill every human on earth.
aw44N TIL Great white sharks do not survive in captivity due to depression and refusing to be fed by humans, leading them to die of starvation. There are currently many theories on why this is. The current record for a Great White in captivity is only 44 days.
AN7rg TIL Sassafras the main ingredient to Sarsaparilla and Gumbo File', the roots and bark of the sassafras tree contain a high concentration of the chemical safrole. Safrole was judged a carcinogen by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after testing it on rats in 1960.