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TIL Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Lex Luthor in Superman: Flyby, a Superman reboot written by J.J. Abrams that was never made

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E1KOP TIL in 1974, there was a hilarious Turkish ripoff of Star Trek
wLaQ7 TIL that the candy "Sugar Daddy" sounds like it has an unfortunately suggestive name today, but they actually changed it to that in 1932. They were introduced in 1925 as "Papa Suckers."
rNWOx TIL To ensure the survival of a small group of U.S. servicemen stationed on Alaska's remote St. Matthew Island during World War II, the Coast Guard released 29 reindeer to the island. After the war the reindeer population exploded to more than 600 by 1963. By 1964 they were all gone.
j6MDQ TIL that footage from the video game Arma 3, a military sandbox game, has been mistaken for actual combat footage and has been used in news reports a number of times due to the realistic nature of the game.
k6Q7 TIL: A 61-Year Old Potato farmer won a 544 Ultramarathon because he continued to run whilst the other competitors slept