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TIL that Sir Patrick Stewart, of Star Trek fame, was accidentally cast in Dune (1984). Director David Lynch had wanted a different actor named Patrick Stewart, and had no idea who Sir Patrick was when he arrived on set to play Gurney Halleck.

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OGjMX TIL in 1957, the BBC aired an April Fools news report about 'spaghetti harvesting' in Switzerland, showing farmers picking pasta from trees. The hoax was so convincing that even the BBC Director General was fooled, and viewers called in asking how to grow their own spaghetti trees.
15w7 TIL Las Vegas is teetering on the edge of full on water emergency and has instituted the nations harshest water restrictions. Meanwhile the fountains at the Bellagio use 12,000,000 gal. of drinking water per year because it looks pretty.
R77ll TIL of the Peter principle which states that employees are promoted based on their performance in there current role. Thus, employees only stop being promoted once they can no longer perform effectively, and "Managers rise to the level of their incompetence".
mbxR TIL in 1919, a British officer ordered his troops to fire at a nonviolent gathering of people celebrating a religious festival in India, leading to 1000 deaths and 1500 injuries.
WkEAo TIL that Prince William and Prince Harry pulled a prank on their grandmother the Queen, by changing her voicemail answering message to say, "Hey wassup! This is Liz. Sorry I'm away from the throne. For a hotline to Philip, press one. For Charles, press two. And for the corgis, press three."