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TIL before David Huddleston was cast as "Big" Jeffrey Lebowski, the Coens considered Robert Duvall(who did not like the script),Anthony Hopkins(who was not interested in playing an American),Jack Nicholson(who was not interested,he only wanted to portray Moses)The Coens' top choice was Marlon Brando

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J17jl TIL - The Onion submitted a 23-page Amicus Curiae brief to the US Supreme Court in 2022 for the case Novak v. City of Parma, Ohio, in support of the protection of parody as free-speech. In the text, The Onion openly parodies the Court and says it is "staffed entirely by total Latin dorks".
DXaj TIL that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are both Atheists.. “Many people find religion to be very inspiring… Myself, I found it very stifling. I grew up with Christianity and I remember questioning it greatly.” -Brad Pitt
womaY TIL; Metallica provides grants for personal trade education
788jM TIL The Greek historian herodotus, who lived in the 5th century BCE, believed people with vitiligo or other skin conditions had been punished by the sun and should be exiled from the community
1aNLD TIL a sanitary inventor named Thomas Crapper improved the U-bend pipe, and patented the floating ballcock to prevent indoor toilets from exploding.