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TIL Tim Roth was J.K. Rowlings first choice for playing Snape. He turned it down to work on Planet of the Apes.

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lo1ka TIL the 1997 Pokemon episode that caused 700 seizures also caused additional seizures when news reports aired a clip while covering the story
VMpY0 TIL Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead loved to play a particular arcade game at his local bar. When he found out he was terminally ill, the bar owner brought the game machine to Lemmy's apartment so he could keep playing it at home.
Nobe TIL that Cuttlefish are one of the only non mammals to experience REM sleep. Not only that, they also flash random colors while doing it.
ndMG TIL that the word “silly” changed meaning over time from “happy” to “blessed”, “pious,” “innocent”, “harmless,” “pitiable”, and then “weak” before reaching the current meaning.
9YEQp TIL the pirate 'Black Bart' believed Irish people to be some of the worst people to have on your crew due to them being highly mutinous. As a result, many people who Bart tried to force into piracy would often fake an Irish accent so they could get out of it.