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TIL that Clint Eastwood,when offered to play James Bond,declined the role because he believed it should be played by an English actor.

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x6XW7 TIL that the snake Pareas iwasakii, which feeds only on snails, has the particularity of attacking only those whose shells are oriented to the right because of asymmetric jaws, favoring de facto those whose shells are oriented in the other direction.
pYeX8 TIL that President William McKinley always wore a red carnation for good luck but sometimes gave it out as a memento. When greeting the crowd in 1901, he handed a 12-year-old girl, Myrtle, his the bloom off his lapel. Minutes later, he was fatally shot by a man in the crowd.
W7wrL TIL that there is a page to check if an image is a repost (to prevent you from reposting)
4Xg8w TIL that for every child born or adopted in Wales since April 2014, the government have donated a fruit tree to Ugandan families.
jDNN TIL The Swastika is considered to be a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism and dates back at least 11,000 years.