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TIL there’s even a crater on the moon named after a Confederate officer.

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6EXDQ TIL the world's largest underground city is found in Montreal, where 20 miles of underground walkways are filled with 1600 shops and 60 subway stations.
dDYm7 TIL in 1508, Barthélemy de Chasseneuz made his reputation as a criminal lawyer by his eloquent defense of a group of rats who were put on trial for destroying the barley crop of the province.
woZaJ TIL that Mickey Rourke turned down roles in 48 Hours, Platoon, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, Rain Man, The Silence of the Lambs, Tombstone and the role of Butch in Pulp Fiction.
LjdQ TIL that there is an informal “Small Penis” rule, which authors use to protect themselves against libel lawsuits, by saying that a character they based off of someone else has a small penis, which stops most people from wanting to associate themselves with that character by suing the author.
16rpV TIL real doctors from USC Medical Center were recruited to play the doctors who try to save E.T. because Spielberg felt that actors talking about technical medical matters didn’t seem natural.