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TIL Robert Englund, best known for playing Freddy Kruger, auditioned for the role of Han Solo, and after being turned down, recommend Mark Hamill to play Luke.

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0kEM TIL Jerome Iginla donates $2,000 to charity for every goal he scores. He has scored over 500 career goals.
a90y TIL that Cannabis Sativa is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in Chinese herbology and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
MlXV TIL Archaeologists believe that 900 years ago, Native Americans in Southern Illinois built an entire village and filled it with sacrificial offerings with the sole intention of burning it to the ground as part of a religious ritual.
rRZoe TIL that in 1970s, people in Cambodia were killed for being academics or for merely wearing eyeglasses!
9wGD TIL In game 3 of the 1995 NBA playoffs, Hornets point guard Mugsy Bogues had the ball with several seconds left and an opportunity to nail the game-winning shot. His defender, Michael Jordan, stepped back, put his hands down, and said, “Shoot it, you fucking midget.” The shot wasn’t even close.