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TIL Will Smith turned down the role of Django in Django Unchained because it “wasn’t the lead” .

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XElg6 TIL That, in 1979, two East German Families wanted to escape East Germany, and to do that, they made a hot air balloon, got on a hill, and with that balloon they got 2,500 meters into the air, and managed to cross the Iron Curtain into West Germany with a Hot Air Balloon, flying past border defenses
kJ51g TIL there are several different categories to drowning and 90% of deaths from drowning involve a relatively small amount of liquid.
9RnG TIL the world’s smallest, fully functioning gun can fit in the palm of your hand.
PYjPE TIL that according to the testimony of people who have eaten other people, the taste of human meat does not reflect its beef-like appearance. Serial killers and Polynesian cannibals have described human as being most akin to pork. The taste also depends on how it is prepared and what cut is sampled.
VB7GG TIL That there was a Rudolph cartoon before there was even a song