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TIL that Josh Hartnett was Christopher Nolan's first-choice for Bruce Wayne in 'Batman Begins' but he turned Nolan down because he didn't want to be typecasted as a superhero, which is when Nolan approached Christian Bale for the role. Hartnett now says that was "the worst decision of my career."

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kJXp7 TIL Eli Swanson, the guy who played the astronaut in the Britney Spears' "Oops! I Dit It Again" is now an orthopaedic trauma surgeon.
dGn7 TIL that Alice Cooper (the band) broke up in the 70s, at which point their frontman adopted the name Alice Cooper for his solo career. Since the “Alice Cooper” name is registered to the band, Alice Cooper pays the old members of Alice Cooper an annual royalty to use the name “Alice Cooper.”
E1Y4W TIL Minesweeper and Solitaire were added to Windows back in the 3.1 days, to train mouse discipline without the users even realizing they were learning. Solitaire was added to teach users how to Drag and Drop, Minesweeper taught using the right/left mouse buttons and mouse precision/control
M7rxb TIL that the US government no longer uses the term Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), the preferred term is Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP, which previously stood for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), since UFOs are a source of ridicule due to their popular association with alien spacecraft
JYgyQ TIL Mister Rogers saw his weight of 143 lbs as a gift. He said, "The number 143 means 'I love you.' It takes one letter to say 'I' and four letters to say 'love' and three letters to say 'you.' One hundred and forty-three. 'I love you.' Isn't that wonderful?"