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TIL The movie "Bad Boys" was originally supposed to star Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz

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QNWv9 TIL that the disease “the bends” were discovered while workers on the Brooklyn bridge came up too quickly while working down in the caissons
9YEKB TIL Saint Augustine of Hippo almost married a 10 year old heiress when he was 31. He had to wait 2 more years for the legal marriage age of 12, but became a Catholic Priest before the marriage could happen.
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