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Today I learned Nicolas Cage turned down the lead role of Shrek because he didn’t want to be an ogre

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EgWAo TIL in Apartheid South Africa, being black or white was sometimes determined by shoving a pencil into a person's hair and checking to see if it fell out when shaking their head, or by pinching them to see what language they would say "ouch" in
Ypn87 TIL a couple in the background of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ gets engaged, pregnant, their son graduates high school, then the husband passes away all in the same scene.
PYM7E TIL that since Dunkaroos were discontinued in the US in 2012, they are being smuggled into the country by Canadians called ‘Smugglaroos’
g78W TIL Norwegians tried to sell liquor to Indonesia in 1805, but realized upon arrival that they did not drink alcohol. They returned to Norway and opened the casks to find an improved taste due to the sailing conditions. To this day, “Linie Aquavit” must sail an ocean voyage before being sold.
78EDX TIL that the Guinness World Record for the longest time a person has held their breath underwater is 24 min 37.36 seconds.