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TIL Facebook played a role in a modern genocide.
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TIL Will Smith was offered the role in The Matrix but turned down the role of Neo to make Wild Wild West, because of skepticism over the film's ambitious bullet time special effects. Nicolas Cage, Brad Pitt , Val Kilmer, Leonardo DiCaprio Johnny Depp also turned down the part.
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TIL that in the UK crossing guards are called "lollipop ladies" or "lollipop people" which I think is adorable
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TIL When Five Guys opened up, they received an order from the Pentagon. When Five Guys asked what time they were going to pick up the order, an admiral got on the phone and told them “everyone delivers to the Pentagon.” Five Guys then put up a banner that read “ABSOLUTELY NO DELIVERY.”
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TIL hall of fame baseball player Ken Griffey Jr played pro baseball with his father and became the first-ever father-son duo to play on the same team at the same time. They even hit back to back home runs.
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TIL In 1788, a British fur trader recruited 50 Chinese from Macao and Guangzhou to Vancouver Island for building a fortress and schooner. Spaniards arrived in 1789, fought with the British, and what happened to the Chinese became a mystery as some escaped and others may have been killed