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TIL that both Key & Peele were cast against each other, in what was supposed to be the only black cast member spot available. But both ended up getting the parts due to their tremendous comedic chemistry.

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wLdeP TIL that the toy manufacturer Toy Biz successfully argued in court that their X-Men action figures were not based on humans, but mutants, meaning that they would not be eligible for a tariff on human-based toys
OGY96 TIL that in 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; a photograph of Martin Bormann, head of the Nazi Chancellery was used as the image of Albert Minoletta (the golden ticket counterfeitter).
QJdv9 TIL about the Moghol people - descendants of the Mongol Empire's armies still living in modern-day Afghanistan
NjRE TIL in 2001 a man wrestled a 7-foot bull shark to retrieve the severed arm of his nephew. After saving the boy the man dived back in, seized the shark and wrestled it to shore where a ranger shot it. The arm was pried from its gullet, put on ice, rushed to the hospital and successfully sewed back on
Oovvg TIL Chen Si, a Chinese man, has spent every weekend of the past 13 years patrolling the most notorious suicide spot in China, helping prevent suicides. He has saved well over 300 people.