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TIL that the original script of Ghostbusters was written with Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, John Candy, and Eddie Murphy in mind as the main characters.

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MLZ8 TIL in 1970 Jimmy Carter let a prisoner convicted of murder obtain a work release to serve as a maid at the governor’s mansion. He was so impressed, when he was elected president in 1976 he volunteered to be her parole officer & let her continue working at the White House. She was later exonerated.
eNgn TIL the oldest person to have ever lived met Vincent Van Gogh and called him “dirty, badly dressed and disagreeable” and “very ugly, ungracious, impolite, sick”
8VaV TIL of Krishna’s butterball. A giant 250 ton boulder situated in southern India, that’s remained stationary on a slippery slope for at least 1300 years, defying an attempt move it using 7 elephants and even natural disasters like tsunami’s and typhoons.
7rbd7 TIL books about how to reduce plastic waste were individually shrink-wrapped in single-use plastic by a US distributor. UK author Martin Dorey said: "We worked with the printer to make it one of the most environmentally friendly books this year. And then this."
dDWm9 TIL the vultures in the everglades are attracted to the rubber on cars and so the park offers tarps and bungees to anyone visiting as a means of protection.