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TIL John Travolta was originally asked to star in the movie “Forrest Gump”, but turned it down. He later regretted his decision.

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rRVPd TIL of the Beijing Weather Modification Office, used by the government to control the weather on demand. Examples include creating real snowfall for New Years Day and moving clouds away from the Olympic Stadium to prevent rain by firing chemicals into the sky.
rlkx TIL the reason the background clouds, hills etc. have eyes in the Super Mario games is because they used to be Mushroom People (toads) and were transformed by Bowser’s magic. The pipes and bricks that you destroy used to be Mushroom People too.
8aPWK TIL Dionysius the Elder, Greek ruler of ancient Syracuse ran up massive debts; so Dionysius ordered all citizens (under penalty of death) to turn in all their money (drachmas) Once all the drachmas were collected he simply re-stamped each one drachma coin as two drachmas and paid his debt
78Q9O TIL about Josephine Cochrane, who invented the dishwasher because she was fed up of China breaking whilst being hand washed.
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