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TIL that none of Pulp Fiction's main stars (John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis) were Tarantino's first choices for their characters.

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xVOXD TIL that Darsheel Safary, the child artist of the film Taare Zameen Par, had to face a lot of opposition from his school that he would have to miss school for such a long period. Then Aamir khan actor of the film funded his studies as well as his educational expenses.
alrZ TIL miso soup combats the harmful effects of radiation exposure
d8LBd TIL Legos last up to 1300 years, clogging up the earth’s oceans. Along with garbage such as plastic bottles and bags, ocean surfaces contain more of these plastic particles than larval fish. In commercial fishing seas, fishing nets collect over 10,000 pieces of plastic in an average 5 minute tow.
4kg95 TIL The chess game notation standard, PGN, has a specific game termination tag, "death", in the case that the game was terminated by one of the players dying.
b4ba TIL that after the Treaty of Versailles, Marshal Ferdinand Foch said “This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years”. 20 years and 65 days later, WW2 broke out.