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TIL that Christopher Nolan planned to use the Joker in The Dark Knight Rises, but scrapped the idea after Ledger’s death and refused to recast or CGI him out of respect for Ledger.

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W7eQ8 TIL 'Michael' was the most frequently given male name every year between 1954-1998 except for 1960 (David) and it fell out of the top five in 2011 for the first time since 1949.
M7V9W TIL how dangerous it was to serve in the US Air Force in Europe in WW2. Just the US 8th Air Force alone lost 26,000 KIA out of a total strength of 200,000. Comparatively the Marine Corps suffered just under 20,000 KIA while having 50,000 more men deployed.
NrKP TIL Macy’s always has a red star in its ads because R.H. Macy had gotten a tattoo of one while a teenager working on a whaling ship
W9Bo TIL In 2001 54 wine experts were given 2 glasses of same white wine, one dyed red with food coloring. Not one noticed it was the same wine.
xVM1B TIL China has a history of using underage athletes in Gymnastics in the Olympics