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TIL that a legal fight between the heirs of John Steinbeck prevented Steven Spielberg from directing a re-make of "The Grapes of Wrath" starring Daniel Day-Lewis

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m1Wkx TIL Captain Planet was originally going to be voiced by Tom Cruise. He even recorded a few episodes, but they never made it to air.
XEQQj TIL Chinese Americans make up only 1.3% of the population of the United States.
nWa4Y TIL radio represents one of the biggest archives of local history from the 20th century
ZJ8Q TIL In the late 90s, Saddam Hussein commissioned a Quran to be written in his own blood. Now, Muslim leaders aren’t sure what to do with it–To write the Quran in blood was a sin, but to destroy it would also be a sin.
j7dN TIL that the first expedition to successfully climb Mount Everest, attributed to Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, comprised an additional 13 mountaineers, 1 journalist, 20 Sherpa guides and 362 local porters