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TIL A cog is not a gear, but a single tooth on a gear. This makes the phrase "a cog in a machine" that much more demeaning.

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oeeA TIL Kevin Smith was hired by Warner Brothers to write the script for a Superman movie. He was forced to write Superman without the power of flight and He had to fight a giant spider. The movie would’ve starred Nicolas Cage.
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