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TIL Steve Carell wanted to play the Joker.

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wo8Xo TIL that an expert parachutist fell to his death when he jumped from a plane, without realizing that he wasn’t wearing a parachute
e0dpk TIL that during the 16th and 17th century the majority of people believed Birds of Paradise lived in the skies and fed only on air and dew.
oB5Rr TIL that the Wright Brothers tested over 50 different types of airfoils on their plane.
9Y00m TIL if you could drive your car at highway speeds in a straight line off the Earth, you could reach the International Space Station in about 4 hours.
n95d TIL British Acts of Parliament are still printed on goat skin. A proposal to end the tradition in 1999 was thrown out, partly because it would “mean the death of the industry in Britain”