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TIL that Tom Cruise really wanted to play Rorschach in Watchmen 2009. Zack Snyder wanted him to play Ozymandias, but it didn’t pan out. He thought Cruise was too distracting to play Rorschach

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l7RJA TIL The 'Magna Carta' (1215) was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government are not above the law.
1aRN8 TIL that contronyms are words that are spelled the same, but mean the opposite of each other. If one were asked to dust the chandelier, that would imply removing dust, but to dust the fruit might refer to the adding, or sprinkling of dust.
wLRW7 TIL that Sperm Whales are the loudest species of whales, whose clicking sounds can reach 230dB. For reference, a jet engine is around 188dB.
d8pNK TIL that ethinlyestradiol (EE2) can cause impaired sexual differentiation in male embryos. Said embryos are intersex, genetically male but physically female.
81Na TIL Belgium parliament has passed a bill allowing children with terminal illness to decide if they want to live or not.