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TIL that Gary Sinise, A.K.A. "Lieutenant Dan" from Forrest Gump was one of the actors originally considered for the role of Wolverine in X-Men before Hugh Jackman ultimately landed the role

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oX7R TIL that the Dubai Government launched a scheme encouraging healthy living by offering a gram of gold for every kilo of weight lost.
b6k47 TIL Ernesto Miranda, namesake of the Miranda warning, was murdered and the person suspected of killing him invoked his Miranda rights and was never charged
GAVRg TIL Menthol cough drops may cause rebound coughing
16QRP TIL that Missouri is likely called the Show-Me State in reference to a speech from a Congressman in 1899: "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."
7JRO TIL that last year astronauts in the International Space Station found plankton OUTSIDE one of its windows. They have no explanation for it.