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TIL Branden Lee was originally cast as Johnny Cage in the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie, until he died while filming The Crow

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ONVa TIL The United States attempted to buy Greenland in 1946 for $100,000,000 ($1.3 billion today).
Wk66o TIL the notion that NASA astronauts carry suicide pills for use in case they are marooned in outer space is untrue. Exposure to outer space results in a much faster and smoother demise compared to a suicide pill.
7rneL TIL that during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, some people paid to be killed by a bullet, rather than the usual machete or club.
JDWl TIL that serial killer Ted Bundy took advantage of an obscure Florida law that states that any declaration of marriage in a courthouse with the presence of a judge constitutes a legal marriage. He married during the trial in which he was sentenced to death.
bMY9 TIL that “Scrubs” was shot in a real (former) hospital, which was used by a number of other productions until its demolition in 2011. Sometimes people would come into the Emergency Room set, thinking it was a real hospital.