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TIL Steve Buscemi auditioned for the part of George Costanza

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0dva1 TIL that bricks of tea were used as currency in ancient China, Tibet, and Central Asia.
r5ky TIL that Gilbert N. Lewis(inventor of the Lewis Dot structure) was nominated for the Nobel Prize 35 times, but he never won.
XXxX TIL Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl pretended to be illiterate to fool his captors, who believed him to be so stupid that they gave him almost free rein of the camp. He was able to secretly memorize the details of about 256 POWs to the tune of “Old MacDonald,” which he still remembers.
xKvk TIL Yang (Lenovo’s CEO) received a $3 million bonus as a reward for record profits, which he in-turn redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo’s employees. He did same thing again in 2013.
pkYZ TIL That in 1975 $10 million worth of Huey helicopters had to be pushed off the flight deck of the USS Midway and into the sea to make way for the emergency landing of an aircraft with Vietnamese evacuees on board